Upwards Convergence Journal : Theory of Action

178. How do we gauge our impact as senior school leaders?

Posted on: 13th May 2024

Categories: Direction and support, Leadership, Theory of Action

Posted by: George Berwick

A variety of tools are at our disposal when evaluating our peers in their roles.

Previously, we addressed the first question posed to us at the Leadership Programme: Leading into the Future – Enhancing Leadership to Achieve Excellence for All

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145. Regional variations expose attainment gap

Posted on: 20th September 2022

Categories: Global update, The London Challenge, Theory of Action

Posted by: George Berwick

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There remains a huge disparity in achievement according to the location of schools, something the pandemic brought into stark relief.

In a recent article we celebrated the success of our granddaughter and her friend’s excellent GCSE results. Their results were

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143. Something to shout about

Posted on: 31st August 2022

Categories: Global update, Theory of Action

Posted by: George Berwick

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Students across the UK have been anticipating the release of their GCSE results, a moment they have been working towards for years.

As one gets older it is easy to forget the significance that public examination results have for those

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131. Teaching skills in practice – innovation in Swedish education

Posted on: 26th April 2022

Categories: Global update, Schools transformation, Theory of Action

Posted by: George Berwick, Mats Rosenkvist

Our colleagues in Sweden have embarked on an initiative aimed at improving the quality of teaching and learning.

The initiative, Teaching skills in practice, is already gaining traction in a number of Swedish schools and municipalities. It was launched

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123. School transformation – early leadership coaching (Pt 4 in a series)

Posted on: 18th February 2022

Categories: Coaching, Schools transformation, The four capitals, Theory of Action

Posted by: George Berwick

We were soon called upon to replicate our success with school transformation. This ushered in fresh obstacles, not least convincing head teachers to co-operate.

It was not long before other schools in the borough began to show interest in our

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121. Many routes to success in the classroom (pt 3 in a series)

Posted on: 4th February 2022

Categories: Schools transformation, Theory of Action

Posted by: George Berwick

There is no one-size-fits all answer when it comes to school transformation, but classroom management must be consistent.

During this early period of developing our approach to school transformation, I was also asked to support another relatively new head teacher

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