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Programme structure

The programme is structured over 12 months and has three stages:

Stage one

A two-day residential workshop, typically with four or five other teams. The first part of the workshop stimulates thinking on the five components of capacity building.

• Futures (medium to long-term thinking and planning)
  What might our school look like in five, ten or more years' time?
• Foundations (strong management and rigorous self-evaluation)
  Are the essential management activities of our school secure?
• The learning community (building intellectual capacity)
  Is our main focus learning for both pupils and adults?
• Relationships and teams (building social capacity)
  Have we spent sufficient time on the processes of change and the quality of relationships?
• Leadership (building leadership capacity)
  Are we, as a team, leading learning and leading change and is leadership shared effectively throughout our school and community?

Stage two

The 12-month implementation phase, using the network from the residential workshop and/or existing networks of schools for further collaborative learning. The programme includes one and a half days of national consultancy during stage two, tailored according to the key development issues.

Stage three

A one-day review event to celebrate progress and plan the next stage of development.

The programme involves pre-workshop activities, including a survey of the current capacity for sustained improvement and some background reading.

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