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Posted on: 5/03/2024What is intelligent alignment, and how did our date strategy help us to achieve this at Danes Educational Trust?
Trust Data Lead, Rob Wall has contributed to Arbor Education's new ebook for MAT leaders. The ebook brings together insights from four MAT leaders on how, when and why they aligned systems, people and processes in their trusts.
About the book
In recent times, the definition of ‘centralisation’ has become far more malleable, as trust leaders recognise that varying levels of alignment work for their organisations. In fact, by using the lens of “alignment”, it becomes easier to see that a centralised trust isn’t the same as having autonomy-less schools. Instead, alignment is a way of thinking about joining up people, processes and systems, so that MATs can work as one organisation, not many schools. This is all the more important given the pressures on MATs to continue to grow, drive school improvement, and create greater efficiencies. In short, a degree of centralisation has become necessary for growing trusts.
But knowing that alignment might look different from trust to trust, many MAT leaders are asking the same questions. When is the best time to get started? Where do you begin - with systems, people, or processes? And, most importantly, how do you do it well?
There are no one-size-fits all answers to these questions, so we sat down with four MAT leaders to get their different perspectives. In this short book, you’ll hear about their experiences and how they approached alignment to fit their unique contexts.
Register for a free copy here
Posted on: 21/01/2024DET Primary Learner Voice Council reps took part in our LVC Conference 2024
On 16th January we were thrilled to invite over 65 primary school students from across Danes Educational Trust to our second Primary Learner Voice Council Conference hosted by Jupiter Primary School. It was a pleasure to work with our primary school students throughout the day: they showed pride in their schools, enthusiasm for progress and a maturity beyond their years. Our exceptional DET colleagues Helen Cox, Nicola Spencer and Louise Wickenden delivered thought provoking sessions on character education, oracy and developing self confidence. A huge thanks to impressive Croxley Danes students Isabella, Crystal and Amelia who delivered a remarkable teamwork session - they really demonstrated how far they've come since they started with the LVC - some of them four years ago. The LVC programme is designed to give our learners the opportunity to take part in meaningful decision making at all levels of DET. The LVC work with learners and staff across our schools, conducting cutting edge research and exploring how we can develop the learning experience for all. It would not run successfully without our dedicated team of in-school facilitators Alii Hewitt, Emma Smart, Helen Hayhoe, Henry Arkill, Jamie-Lee Louw, Liz Black, Liz Shipp, Miles Conway, Mitchell Sanderson, Rebecca Edmonds and Sabeen Kazmi. Please contact Nikki Railton for more information (NRailton@scd.herts.sch.uk) and keep an eye on our X and Instagram pages to keep up to date!
Posted on: 4/12/2023DET Secondary Learner Voice Councils took part in our fourth LVC induction day
On 14 November, DET Secondary Learner Voice Councils took part in our fourth LVC induction day. We were delighted to welcome exceptional practitioners Helen Cox, Nicola Spencer and Juliette Chaplin who delivered thought provoking workshops on character education, oracy and research skills. An added thanks to the impressive Onslow St Audrey’s 6th formers who delivered a remarkable teamwork session.
It was a pleasure to work with our learners throughout the day: they showed pride in their schools, an enthusiastic desire to make meaningful change and a maturity beyond their years.
The LVC programme is designed to give our learners the opportunity to take part in meaningful decision making at all levels of our Trust. Our learners have been hard at work planning the implementation of their learning focus. You will see them around school conducting their research; please do welcome them into your classrooms.
The LVC would not run successfully without our dedicated team of in-school facilitators Alii Hewitt, Emma Smart, Henry Arkill, Jamie-Lee Louw, Liz Black, Liz Shipp, Miles Conway, Mitchell Sanderson, Rebecca Edmonds and Sabeen Kazmi. Please do get in touch with them if you would like to get involved.
Posted on: 1/09/2023Celebrating success stories across our Trust schools
This year, national headlines focused on a return to ‘pre pandemic’ grades for both Key Stage 5 and Key Stage 4 qualifications. This likely ment many students (and staff) approached results day with a certain amount of trepidation. Despite this, Danes Educational Trust students continue to amaze in both their resilience and tenacity and we wish them all well in their next steps of study or work.
Below is a celebration of a variety of ‘success’ stories as shared from our schools.
Onslow St Audrey’s were delighted that two-thirds of their students achieved grades A*-C in their A levels with 98% achieving passes at A*-E. All students achieved at least a pass grade in their vocational qualifications with 100% achieving a Merit, Distinction or Distinction* in Business, Childcare and Sport. Individual successes include Ahmed Hamid (A*,A,A,A) and is taking up a place at Imperial College London to study Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Oliver Smith (A,A,B) and is taking up a degree level apprenticeship in Business with the transport company Alstom. One of the outgoing Student Presidents, Ethan Pledge, achieved a double Distinction* and hoping to join the Royal Air Force.
Chancellor’s School shared a number of notable achievements by students whose progress was exceptional given their starting point including Will Fitch (A,B,B) who will read Business and Management at Reading, Zak Yianni (A*,A*,A) who will read Film and Literature at Warwick and Caleb Edwards (A*,A,B) who will read History at Loughborough. The highest attaining students included Andrew Achler (A*,A*,A*,A*), Luci Di Rubbo (A*,A*,A), Freddie Morrall (A*A*A), Joel Daniel (A*,A,A,A), Joseph Kleiner-Mann (A*,A,A,A), Harmony Turner (A*,A,A) and Kiera Hearn (A*,A,A).
St Clement Danes School were thrilled that 70% of all A Level entries were at A* - B with an average grade of B overall. Notable successes include Sofiya Manji (A*,A*, A*,A), Henry Naughton (A*,A*,A,B), Amy-Rose Esposito A*,A*,A*,A), Livi Kaye (A*,A*,A,A), Will Price (A*,A,A), Lewis Patterson (A,A,Distinction), Sofia Latham (A*, A*,B).
GCSE and Level 2 students are also to be congratulated. The following students achieved notable successes. Croxley Danes celebrated their second cohort of GCSE students with Francesca Clapinson and Bibibella Mistrella achieving seven ‘8’ and ‘9’ grades and achieving a good pass in all. Several other CDS students achieved an average grade across all subjects of between ‘7’ and ‘8’. From St Clement Danes Alex McDougall and Scarlett Prunty received ‘9’ grades in all subjects, with many students also achieving all ‘8’ and ‘9’ grades. At OSA Ibrahim Ahmad, John Curtain, Freya Manley, Pi Yarach Muenchana, Mark Ndoja and Samuel Payamps Taveras all achieved well.
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