System Leadership And Connected Organisations 2021-22

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By the end of the 2021/22 academic year, Voyage had successfully supported, monitored, and assessed 39 ECTs across the allocated region of schoolsworking with school-based mentors and induction tutors as to their roles and responsibilities.

Partnership working with the LEAD Teaching School Hub expands wider than the ECF delivery - with Voyage academies accessing the CPD pathway.

Partnerships

A number of informal partnerships and collaborations with other MultiAcademy Trusts were also formed across 2021/22 to support joint working, to seek new and innovative practice, and to enhance our development opportunities.

One such collaboration was with the Horncastle Education Trust - using joint system leaders to support the delivery of the ECF modules, as well as joint delivery of the new Middle Leadership Programme. Twenty middle leaders across the two Trusts (15 from Voyage) engaged in a new year-long programme designed to support middle leaders (across the wider region) with their roles and responsibilities, and to understand leadership - forging a pathway of succession.

To support the delivery of Voyage’s Education Strategy 2021/22, Voyage formed partnerships with PiXL - working closely with the Regional Lead to provide four main services, namely leadership networking, development, events, and strategies. Academies also took advantage of the specialist associate, who is dedicated to helping leaders to navigate all that PiXL has to offer for maximum impact.

A partnership with Nicola Ellwood Master Coach, Communication and Leadership Specialist, to facilitate the Voyage Coaching Leaders Programme saw 12 coaching leaders graduate in July 2022.

Other partners the Trust engaged with to support delivery with the Education Strategy included The Priory Federation of Academies Trust, B11 Education, the Confederation of Schools Trust, Chris Whitney Consultancy, Chris Pumfrey NLE and Boston College.