Reduce Change to Increase Improvement by Viviane Robinson

In all the school I have worked there has always been a focus on an annual improvement plan cycle and the approaches have largely been top-down – albeit informed from feedback from across the school. I have seen some excellent initiatives lead to real, sustainable change but have always found the overall process seemed flawed-

What the Academy Taught Us by Eric Kalenze

This was a book that popped up on Twitter and was clearly enjoyed by some prominent educationalists who tend to judge books well. I bought it without really pondering the title, indeed, I had assumed it was about academies in the English sense. It wasn’t and in retrospect, I realised I had read Kalenze before