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| Royal Society of the Arts |
The UK school sector contrasts with ours by the number of active stakeholders involved. Philanthropists, research bodies, established and new charitable trusts, all have a hand in it, along with government bureaucracies, local authorities, and local governance bodies with parents, school executives and local prominent community members. I met two such players in this diverse tapestry today. The highly respected and influential Sutton Trust which finances research, is a strong advocacy body for social mobility and the disadvantaged, as well as funding and running some interventions in schools. It is located in the Millbank Tower next to a famous neighbour Tate gallery and along the road from the historic Morpeth Pub where POMs (prisoners of Millbank) were shipped to Australia. this afternoon at the elegant Royal Society of the Arts, a new entrant in school management through its sponsorship of academy schools, Britain 's approach to charter schools and independent self governing schools. Very interesting jigsaw of providers - the jury is out on effectiveness of the model but at its core is school improvement driven by results, published transparent and quite complex data.
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Historic Morpeth Arms overlooking the Thames on Millbank. |
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