Two young leaders from Unity Schools Partnership reflect on how key learning drawn from studying the EEF implementation guidance within NPQs is impacting on their leadership practices in their school context.
Implementation is what schools do to improve: to change and be more effective – so it’s essential that leaders develop ever greater awareness, understanding and experience of how to approach it.
It’s hardly surprising that implementation is central to leadership development programmes, such as the Department for Education’s National Professional Qualifications (NPQ) framework.
Implementation is what brings our school improvement priorities to life; helping us to focus on “how” changes to practice will look in actual classrooms. As such, it represents great opportunity and a significant challenge to school leaders, as they work to action what they evidence recommends in terms of supporting pupil learning.
