Strategies to Promote Financial

SustainabilityKaren Strachan

Director of Torch Teaching School Alliance

Strategies to Promote Financial

Sustainability• TTSA Context

• Evolution to Maturity

• Strategic Leadership

• Solutions to the Challenge of Financial Sustainability:• Collaborative Competition – Effective Partnership Working (Early Years)• Building Social Capital – Stimulating Physics Network• Developing Joint Practice in Pedagogy and Curriculum – Progress Boards• Disseminating Research to Inform Teaching and Learning – Research Hub

• Funding Security

TTSA Context [Cohort 3]

• Non subscription model• Shared moral purpose (raising aspirations to improve attainment)• 1 UTC

7 Secondary Schools (1 Free School)20 Primary Schools

• Strategic Partners: University of Nottingham (SCITT)Nottinghamshire Local AuthorityBest Practice (NPQSL, NPQML)

• Local/regional networks: Nottinghamshire Teaching Schools AllianceEast Midlands Teaching Schools Alliance

• Multi-Academy Trust (Torch Academy Gateway Trust)

USP – Building Social Capital through collaboration driven by a culture of research and Joint Practice Development that improves the life opportunities of every pupil in the Alliance

Evolution to Maturity

Phase

Pre-Designation

Working Towards Designation

Year 1 / 2

Year 2 / 3

Year 3 / 4

Re-Designation

Strategy

History of Collaboration

Identifying members / partnerships

Initiate ‘Big 6’ Build Capacity, Confidence, Trust

Develop ‘Big 6’ (KPI’s)

Evaluation ‘Intermediate’ outcomes (TSA Level Success

Measures – OFSTED)

Delivery Model

LA Improvement Networks (RAN/GO), THS Family

Developing Infrastructure

Reciprocal relationships, Distributed Leadership

Embedding Partnerships, SCITT Bid

Sharing data & talent management between

Schools (Direct Impact?)Additional Funding 2016/17

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Strategic Leadership [Developing and Sustaining

Core Values] “A democratic society gives power and influence to leaders but is keen to keep them in check”

(O’Brien, Murphy, Draper – School Leadership)

Autonomy Collaboration

Vision + Values

System Leaders

Senior Leaders

A C C O U N T A B I L I T Y

FINA

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SUSTA

INA

BILITY

Experience / Relationships

Distributed Leadership

OptimisticSystematicPragmaticPassionateCommitted

ResilientTenaciousInfluential

HumbleAltruistic

Collaborative Competition –

Effective Partnership WorkingKey area Early Years

Networks EMTSA, Nottinghamshire LA, NCTL Advisor

Distributed Helen Greensmith Lead Practitioner EMSTA Early Years HubLeadership (Head Teacher Infant School 30 Hours Steering Group

Early Years Specialist) Early Years Attainment GroupFacilitator – TTSA Early Years Network

Existing EMTSA Early Years HubProvision Local Authority

TTSA – Early Years Network

Moral Developing Early YearsImperative Criteria for PV Sector [need area]

Sustainability Time to develop & embed qualityIssues Release time for Helen

Income Early Years NetworkGeneration Early Years App

Building Social Capital – Stimulating Physics

NetworkAUDIT NEEDS OF ALLIANCE

BIDDING PROCESS [Knowledge of TS strengths]

FUNDING

DISTRIBUTED LEADERSHIP [Spencer Lawrence STEM Coordinator – LP]

MEETING CRITERIA [Examination outcomes, Destination data]

CPD ENRICHMENT

Primary Secondary SCITT/ITT STEM ClubsBP STEM

Competition Winners

Developing Joint Practice in Pedagogy &

Curriculum – Progress Boards

ACTIONS

• Common SOW, resources, examinations for Years 7 – 10 (English, Maths, Science, History, Geography)

• KS4 Specifications used to design KS3 Specifications

• Training – Lead Practitioners, Middle Leaders, Teachers

ISSUES

• Agreeing Exam Boards (volatility)

• Aligning Curriculum Design / Assessment Timetables

• Autonomy vs Flexibility (skills focus, core & optional units)

• MAT interacting with TSA –financial sustainability (Dissemination)

• Uncosted leadership time

MORAL IMPERATIVE / ACCOUNTABILITY

Developing Joint Practice in Pedagogy &

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[Collaboration, Training]

HT Steering Group[Strategy]

Subject SLT Links[QA]

Lead Practitioners[Curriculum Design, Resources, Examinations, Moderation]

Middle Leaders[JPD]

Teachers[Implementation]

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Disseminating Research to Inform Teaching &

Learning – Research HubRESEARCH HUB

[SCITT]

ACTION BASED RESEARCH[Masters qualification]

RLE DESIGNATION[Research Leaders of Education]

DISSEMINATION OF RESEARCH TO INFORM CLASSROOM PRACTICE[Website]

TOOLKITS

CURRICULUM ENRICHMENT

Skills to teach a knowledge-based curriculum

Memory & recall, literacy

Citizenship

Values/attitudes to learning

Careers Mark

Raising aspirations

Future Challenges

FUNDING SECURITY

LEADERSHIP DESGNATION

GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE

ACCOUNTABILITY

STRATEGIC DIRECTION

CAPACITY VS SUSTAINABILITY

Any questions?

If you have any questions about this presentation please feel free to contact me:

kstrachan@toothillschool.co.uk