Education law conferenceMarch 2017, NottinghamMapping out the future landscape of education

Mapping out the futurelandscape of education

Prospects & priorities over the next 12 months

22nd March, NottinghamMark Blois, Head of Education

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Session overview

• State of the ‘room’

• Key themes

• Emerging risks

School Leaders Survey 2016

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Taking into account external factors, how do you assessthe educational prospects of the children/young people at

your organisation/group compared with 12 months ago?

Verypositive

Positive Neithernegative or

positive

Negative Verynegative

Don't know/ Unsure

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10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

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Taking into account external factors, how do you assess the financialprospects of your organisation / group compared with 12 months ago?

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

Verypositive

Positive Neithernegative or

positive

Negative Verynegative

Don't know/ Unsure

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Question:

To what extent is implementing curriculum changes likely to be apriority for you over the next 12 months?

• major priority• priority• not a priority• don’t know/ unsure

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To what extent is staff restructuring likely to be a priority for youover the next 12 months?

• major priority• priority• not a priority• don’t know/ unsure

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To what extent is creating/joining/growing a school group likelyto be a priority for you over the next 12 months?

• major priority• priority• not a priority• don’t know/ unsure

Question:

Key theme 1

accountability & regulationtendency to bureaucracy?

Key theme 2

leadershiphow do we foster?

Key theme 3

central servicesdo we have an effective ‘corporate centre’?

Key theme 4

increased interventions&‘re-brokering’

do we have a resilient operating model?

Key theme 5

talent management

do we develop the different

type of talent we will need?

1. Are we moving to a robust operating model that is resilient toshocks, including “re-brokering” of one or more of our academies?

2. Are we moving to a leadership & staffing model that does notrigidly treat each school as a building that must have a head, SBMetc?

3. How effective is our recruitment & talent management strategy?

Emerging risks (1)

4. How will we improve attainment with the challenges NFFpresents? What mitigations are we deploying now?

5. With continued constraint in the public sector how do we avoid“mission creep” in the face of increasing number of agendas(Prevent, keeping children safe, ensuring mental wellbeing,tackling obesity etc)?

6. Are we moving to a way of working that is able to effectivelymanage service delivery & risk across multi-site operations?

Emerging risks (2)

Any questions?

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Mark Blois | 0115 976 6087 | mark.blois@brownejacobson.com

Please note

The information contained in these notes is based on the position atFebruary 2017. It does, of course, only represent a summary of thesubject matter covered and is not intended to be a substitute fordetailed advice. If you would like to discuss any of the matters covered infurther detail, our team would be happy to do so.

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