Leading Change for Survival: The Rural Flexi-School Approach

Autor/inn/en	Poultney, Val Anne; Anderson, Duncan Bruce
Titel	Leading Change for Survival: The Rural Flexi-School Approach
Quelle	In: Management in Education, 35 (2021) 4, S.182-188 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Poultney, Val Anne)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0892-0206
DOI	10.1177/0892020619878809
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Rural Schools; Elementary Schools; Educational Change; Institutional Survival; Administrator Attitudes; Administrative Principles; Systems Approach; Parent School Relationship; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Bildungsreform; Systemischer Ansatz; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung
Abstract	This article seeks to present the perspectives of three school leaders in one rural primary school in the English East Midlands, who, when faced with closure due to a falling student numbers, decided to offer and operate a flexi-schooling model of educational provision. We aim to find out, through a theoretical model of systems school leadership, how the school leadership team addressed this issue. Findings suggest that the principles of systems leadership, operating through an open systems model, have facilitated the journey towards flexi-schooling and ensured the survival and growth of the school. The learning community created with parents and the personalisation of the curriculum for learners reflects an innovative curriculum design and in part solves the problems which led to the initial decision taken by parents to home-educate. Focusing on ways to secure healthy student numbers, school leaders developed a partnership with a multi-academy trust, yet they still face challenges in formally recording student numbers when their attendance is only part of the week. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01