NET is badging a number of Advocacy Schools, whose features include:
All around the school there are places of interest, challenge, wonder and reflection
The leadership of the school is committed to an aspirational culture: one of belief that children and young people can achieve more that they might have thought
The 'student voice' is listened to and acted upon
The staff is committed to excellent teaching and an orderly, enthusiastic community
Governors, parents and local people hold the school in high regard, and are involved in productive discourse about the school's vision and performance
Certain aspects stand out from the norm, both to those who work in the school, and to visitors who observe: 'Someone's doing something special here'.
Summer 2009
What is so special about Frank Wise Special School?
A National Education Trust Advocacy School
Mervyn Benford
The sight of happy children and their parents in the foyer at day's end, mingling with staff while minibus drivers carefully embark their passengers, reflects features cardinal to effective schools: leadership, delegation, teamwork, energy and vision within which human fundamentals of trust, respect, partnership and competence predominate.
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Autumn 2008
The Conversation: Creative learning TES connect
Priory School already had a national profile as one of the first Beacon schools (the programme that encouraged high-performing schools to spread good practice). Its former head was part of Tony Blair's original task force..
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