Ethical Inclusion The Coleshill School Warwickshire County Council What does Ethical Inclusion mean and why bother? On a County level: We needed to adapt to ensure that we were not letting children fall by the wayside because of targets and
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Ethical Inclusion The Coleshill School
Warwickshire County Council<br>
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What does Ethical Inclusion mean and why bother?
On a County level:
We needed to adapt to ensure that we were not letting children fall by the wayside because of targets and other school priorities. (The Timpson report supported our objectives).
Aims and impact
We have an absolute commitment to achieving the maximum outcomes for every child’s education in Warwickshire. We will be relentless and brave in our pursuit of opportunities and solutions for the future of Warwickshire children, working in partnership celebrating success and aiming for excellence.
On a School level:
We needed to be brave and ensure that we had exhausted every possibility for the children in our care and that exclusion was not the easy answer. We needed “time-out” to reflect on our values and ensure that our decisions were based on our core principles.
Aims and impact
Our children and community rely on us to support both challenging students and those who are sometimes affected by those students. The easy decision is not always the right decision and we aim to commit to all the children in our wider community and society, not just those on our roll.<br>
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They are all “our” children!
SELFLESSNESS
Improve quality of AP across Warwickshire and the support for students who are excluded.
INTEGRITY
Work collaboratively with all stakeholders to agree a shared vision for addressing the well being of learner’s currently missing education and how we will improve their educational outcomes
OBJECTIVITY
Review the systems across the county to streamline processes and make consistent across all areas.
ACCOUNTABILITY
No more looking at the floor!
OPENNESS
Develop the workforce across schools, colleges, WBLP, VCS and AP providers creating a Buzz about how Warwickshire educational institutes works with the most vulnerable students.
HONESTY
Be honest about what you can offer the children in your care.
LEADERSHIP
Develop Warwickshire as an innovative county who are leading edge/ test bed for new initiatives re behaviour. “No Child Left Behind in Warwickshire”<br>
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Would you accept this service? No. Neither will our children.<br>
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“Every child is gifted, they just unwrap their packages at different times!”
Barriers in our setting:
Time
Class sizes
Results and inspections
Parents (of all children)
Reputation
Staffing and financial constraints
Solutions:
Case studies - whole school to personalised and back again.
Empathy – the child’s lived experience
Being open to change
Being consciously competent rather than unconsciously incompetent - CPD.
Communication with stakeholders
Honest reflection<br>
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Impact
50% reduction in PX across Warwickshire in 2018/2019
Coleshill context – increase from 741 in 2014 to 1300 in Sep 2019 – only 1 PX despite increased roll and diversity of intake.
We have been able to maintain an ethical approach, no off rolling.
Closer work with bespoke (QA assured) AP to support students.<br>
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Completing The Audit
Leadership Principles
This was very much about generating a growth mind-set from the top down. An initial reflection session enabled people to be open to the idea of Ethical Leadership as a way of working as opposed to a theory. This then enabled us to move forward with practical case studies and activities to shape our decisions.
Safeguarding Values and Virtues
Policies and procedures are in place but this brings us back to moving away from box ticking and towards an embedded culture. The beginnings of this are underway but consistent drip feeding will be required for success. Having a champion to maintain momentum is a must. Leadership Team were easy to convince – the next step is the rest of the staff.
Management Styles
We have already moved to gain an understanding of the ways in which the framework could influence management styles within school from the Leadership Team, to Staff, and to Governors and recognition of those values which “come naturally”. However the next step is to become more strategic in our approach by incorporating the principles when recruiting staff and in in our decision making process. The case-studies have been invaluable here.
A Model Community
Here lies the challenge! Only when Ethical Leadership is truly embedded within our organisation, policies, procedures and decision making, at all levels, can we truly model this for other stakeholders to influence the community at large.<br>
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What is the difference between Leaders and Managers?
Managers are people who do things right and leaders are people who do the right thing.<br>
