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We're entering a new phase for the education sector. A phase when our skills to lead, inspire and learn will be tested to the hilt. I'd like to start a debate looking at what leadership may mean in the new world and how we can equip ourselves to meet the challenges that will face us.

The budget on 22 June 2010 mapped the new Government’s
intentions in relation to a wide range of issues. In particular, a focus on reducing public sector spending
through a series of different measures including freezing public sector pay and
looking at ways of curtailing the public sector pension liabilities. In terms of education, the picture
relating to revenue included a freeze to teachers pay (starting after this
September’s uplift), and the cessation of a number of flagship projects such a… Continue

Appleyards
Experience Trust
The future of the programme of capital investment in education
The Westminster Forum debate on 4 February sparked off a number of thoughts for Dr Kate
Reynolds, Appleyards Strategic Development Director, about the future of the
programme of capital investment in education - be it BSF, Building Colleges or even primary
capital. Kate discusses below.

The Westminster Forum
debate on 4 February sparked
off a number of thoughts for… Continue

Future gazing is a difficult art form and the likelihood of getting it right is very low. Reading from today into tomorrow is notorious for many hostages to fortune – most of us get it wrong! There are however, a number of relative certainties that can provide a structure for looking at how society might develop and what the role of schools in the future might be. There are a number of things we know now that will impact on our society and economy and that will shape how we develop schools to em… Continue

One of the most exciting project I'm currently involved with is the creation of a learning campus on the Isle of Wight. The campus will contain a new secondary school whose teaching and learning structure is based in a different way of approaching the curriculum. The building will support a focus on vocational skills, expecting young people to ready and prepared for the world of work and ground them in learning techniques which will enable them to have confidence to meet the challenges of the wo… Continue