ASCL Leadership Podcast

Following our successful November 2017 annual conference in Northern Ireland, General Secretary Geoff Barton talks to:

• Deidre Gillespie, Principal of St Mary's Grammar, Magherafelt, talks about her school, her own education in Belfast, and her vision as ASCL NI President from January 2018

• David Burnett, Headmaster of The Royal School, Dungannon, talking about his school and its commitment to flexible working for teachers

• Maud Perry, Principal of Down High School, Downpatrick, comparing her previous leadership role in Surrey with heading a school in Northern Ireland

• Conference speaker Dawson Stelfox, the unassuming mountaineer who led Ireland’s first Everest expedition

• Conference keynote Andy Buck, Managing Director of Leadership Matters, reflecting on educational leadership, the development of Teaching Schools, and his insights into education in Northern Ireland

General Secretary Geoff Barton in conversation with:

• Stephen Exley, FE Editor, TES

• Mandie Stravino, Chief Executive, Derby College

• Ian Pryce, Principal, Bedford College

• Steph McGovern, BBC Breakfast & ‘Watchdog’ presenter

General Secretary Geoff Barton in conversation with:

• Graeme Logan, Interim Chief Inspector for Scotland

• Anne Munro, Lead Specialist Scottish College for Educational Leadership

• Andy Smith, Headteacher, Larkhole Academy, Lanarckshire

• Barry Smith, Headteacher, Arran High School, Isle of Arran

• Sandra Miller, Recently retired Principal Teacher, Fife Language Service

• Professor Rowena Arshad, Head of School of Education, University of Edinburgh

In this podcast, General Secretary Geoff Barton talks to school and college leaders about primary accountability, flexible working, community leadership, and hears about some innovative practical approaches around social mobility. You can subscribe to this podcast in iTunes – just search for ASCL.

Vivienne Porritt, national leader of #WomenEd

Julie McCulloch, ASCL Director of Policy

Sarah Robinson, CEO, Alpha Academies Trust, Stoke-on-Trent

Iain Veitch, Headteacher, Park View School, Chester-le-Street

Roisin Paul, Executive Headteacher, Corus Education Trust, Sheffield

Carl Sugden, Headteacher, King James School, Knaresborough

Sunny Pu and Theresa Zhou, senior leaders, Yangjing-Juyan Experimental School, Shanghai

Brian Walker, Head, West Park School, Derby

In late October 2017, General Secretary Geoff Barton was invited to Shanghai as a guest of the Pudong Education Bureau. The context was a celebration of global education with headteachers, education officials and business leaders, with Geoff as keynote speaker. The event was also arranged to showcase the work of Yangjing-Juyan Experimental School, visited by Justine Greening last year because of its reputation for innovation. It is a school Geoff has known for 11 years from a partnership between it and King Edward VI School in Suffolk.

In the podcast Geoff talks to:

Theresa Zhou, Senior Teacher, about Shangha’s increased emphasis on arts education

Sam Vernon, Year 10 student from the UK, about his experience of a Shanghai Maths lesson

Wendy Wang, Headteacher of Yangjing-Juyan Experimental School, about being a senior leader in Shanghai (the English translator here is Theresa)

Geoff Barton, ASCL General Secretary, talks to Patsy Kane, Executive Head, Education & Leadership Trust Manchester, Sir Michael Barber, Chair, Office for Students, Fiona Millar, education journalist, Simon Henderson, Headmaster, Eton College, Alison Oliver, Chief Executive, Youth Sports Trust, Philippa Cordingley, Chief Executive of CUREE, Bill Lucas, Professor of Learning, University of Winchester, Barbara Oakley, Professor of Engineering, University of California, Chris King, Headmaster Leicester Grammar School and chair HMC, Sean Harford, National Director of Education, Ofsted, Alison Peacock, Chief Executive, Chartered College of Teaching, Sir Michael Wilshaw, Former Chief Inspector of Schools

In this first podcast, Geoff talks to David Benson, Headteacher at Kensington Aldridge Academy, a school in the shadow of Grenfell Tower. He also catches up with Suzanne O’Farrell, ASCL Curriculum and Assessment Specialist to reflect on this summer’s exam results. Finally, Geoff talks to Brian Killeen, Headteacher at Moat Community College on the joys and challenges of leading an inner city school in Leicester.