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| CATS Field Study Conference 26th/27th March 2009 |
| CATS held a 2 day Field Study Conference in March 2009 in Devon to visit a range of educational structures and inform the delegates of the latest developments in all-through education. The conference was very well attended with delegates coming from as far afield as Durham, Sheffield, Staffordshire, Gloucestershire, London and Bristol. The group included Headteachers, Deputy Headteachers, Education Officers, Governors and a Business Manager. |
| Devon 1st Federation |
| This highly innovative federation of primary schools exemplified the emerging Models of Leadership for ‘Executive Headteachers’ and ‘Heads of Teaching and Learning’. The Governance structure for this federation of four schools was also explored. Our thanks were given to Paul Jones, Executive Head of Devon 1st Federation; Scott Ord, Head of Teaching and Learning at Blackpool Primary School and Bob Alford, Chair of Governors. |
| Dartmouth Learning Campus |
| This is a small rural all-through hard federation. There was a presentation on the hard federation and its governance and plans for the future to include the wider family of schools. Our thanks were given to Chris Long, Headteacher of Dartmouth Community College and Rik Meek, Headteacher of Dartmouth Primary School and Nursery |
| Wood View Community Campus |
This is an exciting multi partner approach in Plymouth. A tour of the PFI new build campus was followed by a detailed discussion of how the community came about, how is it developing and what the future holds. The governance of the hard federation of the secondary, primary and special (PH ) schools was explained and the impact of this was discussed. The inclusion of other partners: Children’s Centre, Health services. Child Care Nursery, Youth Club was also explained. Our thanks were given to John Butcher, Director of Wood View Learning Community for leading this session.
The group were also pleased to have a presentation from Sue Clarke, Strategic Lead for Achievement through Collaboration from Devon Local Authority. Sue has led much of Devon’s work on encouraging and supporting collaborative structures and she gave delegates a great deal of food for thought on all-through schooling in the 21st Century School context.
The conference was described as ‘inspirational’ by Denise Coppard, Sheffield City Council |
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