What makes a good school? Or rather how does a good school become so, often against the odds and in challenging circumstances?
The answer according to Ofsted is strong leadership – having a vision and getting the whole school, staff, governors and pupils on side while at the same time retaining the flexibility and courage to change tack if something is found lacking.
Inspectors say it is about having and communicating high expectations; leading by example in modelling the kind of behaviour expected of colleagues and children and having in place a robust performance management system that holds staff to account.
In its report, Getting to Good: How headteachers achieve success, Ofsted looks at how the leaders of 12 schools – secondary and primary – achieved vast improvement in standards by the way they managed the school.
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