Brilliant keynote from Peps yesterday, but this part in particular.

An astute awareness of the finite time we have with children and how we ensure that this is spent in the best possible way can only lead to better learning experiences and outcomes overall.

More utterly dire data on homelessness from the DWP

Children in temporary accomodation up 15% to 145,800 over the past year.

Children in B&Bs up 56%
Children in B&Bs over the statutory 6 week max up 84%

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💥 Don’t forget this week’s Steplab webinar on Wednesday at 4pm: How can we build a great culture through drop-ins?

There’s still time to register here so you don’t miss out 👉 zoom.us/webinar/regist…

We're excited to launch our latest research on Education and Enrichment in The House of Commons this evening! Read our report on how the education and youth sectors can work together to transform enrichment for young people 👇 buff.ly/3JFVOlm #YPEnrichmentMatters

researchED National Conference 2024 tickets on sale NOW. Applications to speak are also open. Early bird tickets available until the 7th May, group discounts available. All details below. THIS IS THE BIG ONE. eventbrite.co.uk/e/researched-n… #rED24 Please RT

Today in numbers:
- 300 (approx) trust leaders & other sector experts
- 1 conceptual model about trust-led school improvement
- 1 School Improvement Hub
- 4 evidence-informed papers
- 1 case study published today
- 1 case study coming next week
- 1 more coming in 2 weeks

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I really enjoy sharing Steplab data with SLT weekly in a standing agenda item & leading a Bitesize bit of CPD. Today, action steps set so far - looking for patterns 👀 & what a good sequence of action steps over time looks like to support mental models of good teaching 🧠

An inspiring and insightful day at the Confederation of School Trusts Directors of Improvement Conference. Proud to be part of the CST Inquiry led by the brilliant Steve Rollett. Congratulations to our CEO, Dawn Haywood, and Director of Education, Dan Owen, for their impactful workshops today!

A privilege to present on collaborative advantage at Confederation of School Trusts school improvement conference. Linked to this dannicholls1.com/2024/02/04/col… and unpicking “empower horizontal improvement” part of the CST conceptual model of SI: schoolimprovementhub.org Steve Rollett Leora Cruddas CBE

Owen Carter leads a call for participation in a Call for Evidence to build evidence about trust-led school improvement in practice - participate here: schoolimprovementhub.org #schoolimprovement Confederation of School Trusts

Closing keynote from Star Academies CEO Sir Hamid Patel: ‘as Trust Leaders, we are not the most important people: teachers are the most important people,’ using the power of stories to capture this eloquently. Confederation of School Trusts

The time dedicated to pre implementation will save the need to address mutations or issues later on. Jonathan Sharples EEF Confederation of School Trusts

What are our enablers and limiting factors that ensure or prevent implementation? Lots of overlap with the points Sam Sims made in his session earlier regarding teachers’ access to collaborate.

Jonathan Sharples EEF

Four papers published today as part of our trust-led school improvement work. ⁦Confederation of School Trusts⁩ ⁦Steve Rollett⁩

Poor implementation will occur if clarity and rationale is not present or shared. This leads to superficial understanding and ambiguity for staff. Jonathan Sharples EEF Confederation of School Trusts

Next up, Jonathan Sharples EEF outlines the body of evidence that places emphasis on the *quality* of implementation. Promising to see the awareness of implementation-related behaviours. Confederation of School Trusts

Pertinent points made by Lee Elliot Major regarding equity, the language employed regarding inequity and the need to understand gaps that we all observe and need to approach in education. Lee notes the significant increase to FSM as a key example. Confederation of School Trusts

'This is not about isolated facts. In fact I'm arguing for the opposite. Isolated facts are what you end up with if you don't deliberately plan a curriculum around progression and knowledge.'👏 So much brilliance in this talk from Lucy. A must-watch ⬇️

The May Half Term Food Offer is now live through Leicester City Council. Families are able to register using the details below.

Registration link: families.leicester.gov.uk/holiday-food-o…

Places at the food pop up shops are limited and will be offered on a first come first served basis.

Looking forward to joining colleagues Confederation of School Trusts Directors of Improvement Conference tomorrow!