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Feedback on Steve Munby's speech
Twitter user Iain Gilmour, headteacher at Isambard Brunel School in Portsmouth, gives his reaction to Steve Munby's speech:'...always a good speech...always a taste of what's coming next...very much a...
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Name change creates heirlooms!
Our Chief Executive, Steve Munby, announced: ‘Our remit has been extended. To reflect this, in September we will become the National College for Leadership of Schools and Children's Services.’The...
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Lunch time!
Being a leader can be a lonely job and so it's good to have the chance to mix with colleagues. Lunch is a favourite time for networking with new friends and old, and to catch up on what's happening...
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Eat and browse
Lunch is also the time for looking around the exhibition stands - there are bargains, freebies and innovations. There's a lovely selection of wooden play furniture, some colourful and useful early...
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Always learning
Clare Massingham from St Mary's R.C. School in Horwich, near Bolton, on her way to hear Mick Waters talk about curriculum innovation. Clare has been a headteacher now for over 10 years and has led her...
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Mini plenary - Lord Puttnam
'A *crisis* is a terrible thing to waste – seek out the opportunities.'* translates as dangerous opportunity in ChineseHow do we develop and retain creative leadership and convince children that they...
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Drumming up the future
Professor Mick Waters shared his thoughts on the ‘pulls’ on schools and children’s centres from all directions around the curriculum, which means ‘marching to different drums’. He took us on a journey...
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Winning teams, powerful vision
Kriss Akabusi and Kelly Holmes were almost overwhelmed by the audience keen to express their thanks at the end of a very powerful and motivating team panel discussion about leadership and vision.
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Great quotes from panel discussion
Kriss Akabussi'In school they said I was hard to ignore but well worth the effort – I managed nine no levels.''My mentor said: a path is for reference not for residence.''When the pupil is ready, the...
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Free the Children
Marc Kielburger of Free the Children spoke about their work as 'children helping children through education'.He told the audience that many children across the world are forced or tricked into labour -...
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The conference dinner
What a really enjoyable dinner!It was great to talk to Janet Sheehan, Head of St Anne's School and Mary Dawes her Deputy.Janet described how she had persuaded Mary to come, as it was impossible to...
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Suprise guest at the conference dinner
It was really good to hear from Vernon Coaker MP, Minister of State for Schools and Learners at last night's conference dinner. He was introduced by Toby Salt, NCSL's Deputy Chief Executive.It was the...
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Friday morning
The morning after the dinner before!A quieter tone to the morning, time to catch up with the complimentary editions of the TES, read the latest educational news and views and plan that next leadership...
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Getting it right
Richard Olivier of Mythodrama, always very popular with delegates at the conference, explored the topic of leadership through Shakespeare's Macbeth. Rather than focus on Macbeth himself he examined...
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Deryn Harvey
Deryn Harvey, National College Consultant for models of leadership enjoys a morning break.Deryn has enjoyed the Conference so far and is looking forward to hearing David Bell this morning. Like many...
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Wordle of Steve Munby's speech to the conference
Here is a Wordle representing the keywords of NCSL Chief Executive Steve Munby's speech to the Seizing Success conference 2009:
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Ben Page summarises the public mood
Ben Page of IPSOS MORI gave the conference an amusing, whirlwind tour of the findings of multiple polls of British public opinion. It was a story of both good news, rising anxieties and potent...
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Photos from the second day
Photos from the second day of the Conference are available on the College's Flickr stream.
View ArticleDavid Bell in conversation
David Bell, Permanent Secretary at the DCSF, participated in a 'mini plenary', sharing some very personal stories of his own leadership journey and of life at the very top of government.David Bell said...
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Friday lunch
While delegates network, eat their lunch, and browse the stands and exhibitions for the last time, Tim Brighouse works with the backstage technical crew on his PowerPoint presentation slides.
View ArticleRicardo Semlar - transforming schools
Ricardo Semlar of Lumiar asked the audience 'what are we running after?'.He talked about the importance of asking questions, especially 'why'. He had some important messages about learning....Schools...
View ArticleClosing address from Tim Brighouse
Tim Brighouse gave the closing address, summarising what he had seen and sharing eight key 'lessons' for successful school leadershipTim echoed points raised by Ed Balls, David Bell and others - namely...
View ArticleTwitter at the conference
This has been our first conference to use Twitter extensively and we're really pleased with how it's gone.You can continue to follow news about NCSL at www.twitter.com/ncsl.
View ArticleImages of Seizing Success
Enjoyed the Conference? Couldn't attend? You can watch video highlights and speeches on the College website. Or get a sense of the event from the slideshow below. You can also view the images in our...
View ArticleSteve Munby CEO and Toby Salt Deputy CEO National College
Steve started, by asking the audience if they could remember how teachers and head teachers made you feel as a child, how even then you could see that they influenced the ethos of the school. How you...
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