“There are the leaders that make you aspire and the leaders that make you perspire.”
This week I talk to Desmond Deehan, CEO, Odyssey Trust for Education. The trust is an unusual collaboration between a girls grammar school and a local secondary modern. Desmond has taught in a wide range of schools and his leadership style is heavily influenced by thinking creatively and trying new things.
We discuss:
“Before you can be understood you have to learn to understand.”
“We need to realise these solutions aren’t going to come from the government, any government or the Department for Education. We will create the education for the future on the ground, in our trusts and with our communities.”
Key Voices #45 - Approaches to assessment with Will Millard
Key Voices #44 - Developing teaching and learning across a trust with Alan Eathorne and Stef Edwards
Key Voices #43 - Leading a research school with Kate Atkins
Key Voices #42 - Making flexible working work
Key Voices #41 - Trends in safeguarding with MyConcern
Key Voices #40 - Getting a better understanding of what influences school culture with Dr Sam Baars
Key Voices #39 – Innovation in EdTech with Nesta
Key Voices #38 - Making your school a great place to work
Key Voices #37 - Spotlight on governance with Tiffany Beck
Key Voices #36 - Trust expansion: overcoming growing pains
Key Voices #35 - Surviving in teaching with Dr Emma Kell
Key Voices #34 - SEND and Inclusion - Interview with Karen Wespiesser
Key Voices #33 - Three things a school can do today to take action on mental health. Interview with Natasha Devon writer, speaker and mental health campaigner
Key Voices #32 - How can schools promote recycling? Interview with Jackie Bailey from WRAP and Recycle Now
Key Voices #31 – What are teachers thinking?: Interview with Laura McInerney
Key Voices #30 - Dealing with negative comments from parents on social media: Interview with Kaley Foran
Key Voices #29 - Developing teachers: Interview with David Weston from the Teachers Development Trust
Key Voices #28 - Changes to primary assessment: Interview with Bethany Edie, Content Producer and former primary school teacher
Key Voices #27 - Cloud technology in schools: Interview with Rich Harley, CEO of ScholarPack
Key Voices #26 - The Year in Review
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