What sits between continuing professional development and wellbeing support is the work most schools and trusts have nowhere to put. This is what it is, why it matters, and what makes it different from coaching as the sector usually means it. The work in the space between CPD and wellbeing is sustained, relationally intelligent practiceContinue reading “The Space between CPD and Wellbeing: what the work actually is”
Author Archives: Ali Durban
Inclusion is not a Policy, it is an Experience.
A story about a young person, a camping trip, and what inclusion actually looks like. On equity, opportunity, and the relational integrity that holds it all together. When Alex was in primary school, he found it hard to belong. He had been bullied by teachers, struggled to make friends, and outside of football at breakContinue reading “Inclusion is not a Policy, it is an Experience.”
Is your leadership team a team, or a group of individuals operating in parallel?
This piece is for MAT CEOs and the senior leadership teams running multi-academy trusts, though much of it applies to any senior team trying to function as more than the sum of its members. Leadership teams in schools and trusts are under enormous pressure. And one of the things that doesn’t get talked about enough isContinue reading “Is your leadership team a team, or a group of individuals operating in parallel?”
The Density of Togetherness – why culture is key in schools
A short essay on why the most important work schools do may not appear in any inspection framework, and the three questions that sit at the heart of every school community. The conversations young people most need to have are increasingly happening without another human present. Young people can now talk about loneliness, anxiety andContinue reading “The Density of Togetherness – why culture is key in schools”