Blog posts May 2012
Engaging Schools case studies
These case studies describe places that exemplify aspects of the Engaging School model. One (Yewlands) describes a National Challenge school in an area of high deprivation that has turned itself around dramatically. The other (PLACE) is about a programme where students and families learn without school, organising their own learning groups and commissioning experts (including teachers) to teach them what they are interested in learning. They provide detailed analysis of the organisational conditions and leadership...
Engaging schools: Matthew Moss High School
This month we've been running an engaging schools blog series, sharing shocking statistics on disengagement, talking about what it takes to be an engaging school, what sort of culture, what values are needed. But what do schools that engage students look like in practice? We've worked with several schools that are doing a great job of engaging students and some of these will be sharing their learning at our Engaging School conferences (see below for more details).
Matthew Moss High School is a secondary school in an area of deprivation in Greater Manchester. Despite...
Privatisation or Outsourcing in the NHS: A Philosophical Dilemma
As we are all no doubt aware, the passage of the Health and Social Care Bill on 20 March 2012 (by a slim majority of 88) represents an important milestone in the evolution in the future design and delivery of primary care health services. One (of many!) interesting arguments during the long drawn out, marathon-like legislative process was, and continues to be, as the below linked article from The Guardian suggests, about the...
