I am lucky to work in a school with an Ofsted “outstanding” grading stretching back eight years. Blessed Thomas Holford (BTH) was awarded national Teaching School status in 2013. As a support school, led by National Leader of Education John Cornally, BTH already had an extensive outreach programme. However, schools were required to pay BTH directly for support as this was the only way that we could sustain the level of outreach that we offered.
To have a bigger impact, I wanted to make our outreach systems even better, and free to schools that needed them. Our aims were:
Our first two years of Teaching School status were hard work, but certainly worth it. We have been able to provide support for schools in our area and further afield, and as a result many children have had a better education. In this article, I hope to give you a glimpse of the inner workings of a new Teaching School – including the surprising impact on our side of the school gates.
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