“Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution.”
Aristotle
Hot-housing in preparation for testing has become the “chosen” (by default) rabbit hole to ensure year-on-year levels of attainment in schools.
As we know only too well, cohorts can vary substantially and the well-worn phrase “Oh but this year…” becomes the mantra all too often.
Until there is more accountability for progress and less of a focus on comparability of schools by outcome, “success” will continue to be a hard nut to crack.
A focus on progress
Leaders who know the context of their schools well are engineering success by analysing progress from periodic starting points – and so giving teachers the opportunity to demonstrate the difference that they can make for the children they teach, at whatever level.
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