School improvement is a complicated business.  And improving a large comprehensive is almost a totally different process to establishing a new school (I’ve done both).  A high proportion of the mega-success stories we hear about are from new schools or schools that have closed and re-opened: they set up the curriculum from scratch, hire the … Continue reading https://teacherhead.com/2017/01/31/turning-a-tanker-in-a-perfect-storm/