15/01/13…..Thame school leads the way in sharing ‘best practice’

LEADING schools in Oxfordshire, including Lord Williams’s, have joined forces in a new initiative to share their experience and expertise with others.

The Education Excellence in Oxfordshire (EEO) initiative is a group of schools, supported by Oxfordshire County Council, to develop a programme of leadership development opportunities for schools across Oxfordshire. One of the group?s primary roles will be to develop ways of sharing best practice and potential learning opportunities between schools in a regular, systematic and planned way.

Oxfordshire County Council says: “The aim is to produce an Oxfordshire Leadership Development Framework that signposts the opportunities available to all leaders. This will lead to developing a ?Growing Future Leaders? programme, which will ensure that those with leadership potential have the opportunity to develop as effective leaders.

To coordinate sharing practice and communication between the schools involved, EEO will set up a series of networks for subject leaders, key stage leaders and early year leaders.

Cllr Melinda Tilley, Cabinet Member for Education, said: ?Leadership development is a key part of Oxfordshire County Council?s strategy to make schooling in Oxfordshire world class for all our children and young people.

?The county has excellent leaders and potential future leaders and retaining them is one of our key priorities. This kind of initiative, although still very much in its infancy, clearly demonstrates to parents and their children that we are totally committed to working with all our schools to improve educational standards throughout the county.?