We have been working with Haringey Council over the last 18 months to support them to adapt the central government model of the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit (PMDU) to develop their own delivery unit to help meet the many challenges facing an inner-city London borough.
Read MoreWe have been working with 32 teaching school alliances (TSAs) over the last two years as part of a national research project for the National College. Our focus has been how the leadership of the alliances can develop effective teaching and learning.
Read MoreOur research report, Freedom to Lead: a study of outstanding primary school leadership in England, was written in collaboration with Peter Matthews, Robert Hill and Qing Gu. We were immensely fortunate in being able to visit and interview a range of outstanding primary school leaders in their schools over the last 18 months
Read MoreI was delighted to be invited to present an overview of our "temperature check" report at a conference on the role of local authorities in education in Bristol last week.
Read MoreIn June 2013, Ofsted inspected Norfolk County Council's arrangements for supporting school improvement. They judged that these were not effective, and outlined a number of areas for improvement.
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