Why do we need to spend time on organisational vision? It’s easy to consider visioning as a fluffy exercise that is all too often undertaken in the boss’s office over a cup of tea whilst writing the new prospectus. This is to undervalue the power and influence that vision has and MATs certainly cannot take this approach, intended as these organisations are to lead and facilitate educational improvements across a wide range of schools and contexts. A vision that is clear, compelling and genuinely owned by all within and across the organisation does the following:
‘Separating the wheat from the chaff’ in the new Schools White Paper
Sarah Ginns, Research and Policy Lead, Forum Strategy Following Monday’s publication by the DfE of the much-anticipated Schools White Paper – ‘Every Child Achieving and Thriving’ – we published this article expressing our disappointment at what we feel is missing,...