Survey of School Leaders about Space
for Transformation
The questionnaire was sent in early September
to 35 school leaders in three different counties. All but two were
secondary Heads and most in Wiltshire. Middle and Special schools
were also represented.
This analysis is based on 24 returns received
by mid-October, that are broadly representative of all of the above.
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Comments include:
I am sure there are Heads and others who
would find this beneficial personally
The programme could usefully apply to classroom
teachers who need an opportunity to refocus.
It is of value to all, but some will address
this issue in their own way
I wish the project well; it certainly is
needed.
Great idea!
Difficult to fund from school budgets…Hope
it is successful. Lovely idea for Heads!
I think this is super! It is all very exciting
and deserves to succeed.
I think it is an excellent idea.
It looks a really interesting idea.
The web-site looks great. I really liked
it.
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96% agreed or agreed strongly that school leaders
are working to an overcrowded agenda. 100% agreed that they need
more time for reflection than they generally get.
75% said that it is very
important for school leaders periodically to review
their commitment to personal and professional values (the remaining
25% saying that it is important).
75% reported that stress-related sickness had
been an issue in their schools in the past three years. Of these,
more than two-thirds said that the issue had been fairly costly
whilst the other third said that it had been worse than that (costly
or very costly).
After looking at the Space
for Transformation leaflet, 65% said that they would
personally value such an opportunity for space and spiritual refreshment
with independent, non-judgemental support to address personal and
professional issues.
With the key issues, (of which respondents could
choose as many as they wished) the most popular was Removing
obstacles to learning, chosen by 75%. Next, all with 58%, came
Improving work-life balance, Articulating
aims and vision and Managing key team relationships,
closely followed with 54% by Promoting
and evaluating creativity. The other issues: Enabling
colleagues to internalise goals; Cherishing self and all individuals;
Handling ‘difficult conversations’; Dealing
with confrontation and its aftermath; Achieving
clarity of purpose; Turning discipline & behaviour around
were all chosen by at least 33%.
88% said that they thought ‘Space for Transformation’
could be helpful or very
helpful to leaders in education at all levels (12% saying
it could be fairly helpful).
On timings, five people marked more than one option.
Of all the options chosen, 37% were for two weekdays in term time;
13% for weekends in term time; 37% for a mixture of weekday and
weekend in term time and 13% for holiday time.
On the costs, 71% said that £345 was either
good value (17%) or about right (54%); 25% said too
high and 4% didn’t know.
67% say that they would seriously consider attending
themselves and/or recommending and supporting attendance by a colleague.
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