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Hitting the target… but missing the point Professor Toby Salt CEO, Ormiston Academies Trust

About T oby

What is our purpose as leaders and educators? What is the point of education? “intelligence plus character” Martin Luther King 1947

Challenges we face globally 1. A lack of great teachers, and a lack of great leaders 2. Overcoming disadvantage 3. Increasing globalisation – and what this means for education

1. Shortage of teachers & leaders - + Africa and Arab States Ireland, Finland, Scotland

2. Tackling disadvantage

3. Globally, the world is changing…

How do we overcome these challenges…? We might be hitting targets but missing the point.

UK Secretaries of State for Education

Structural change Education System in England • 16,788 primary schools • 3,329 secondary schools • 2,600+ private schools • 1,033 special schools • 4,170 of these school are academies

T eachers How old are our teachers? 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Finland France Germany Italy New Zealand UK US Under 30 years 30-39 years 40-49 years 50-59 years 60 years and over OECD (2013) and Times Educational Supplement, September (2014)

T eachers How much are we paying teachers? Finland $42,800 Germany $54,000 Switzerland 25/65 $68,000 9/65

Support our teachers Teachers really, really love their jobs…but they feel unvalued, under- recognised and unsupported.” Julie Bélanger, OECD

Leaders

Experience of our leaders Average experience of lower secondary princials, 2013 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Principal Other school management roles Teaching experience Years in jobs outside teaching Times Educational Supplement, August 2014

Leaders and the UK government

Class sizes and pupil-teacher ratios “Quality of teachers has a clearer impact than class size” Andreas Schleicher - PISA

Overcoming disadvantage “Because of its strong links to earnings, employment, overall wealth and the well-being of individuals, education can reduce inequalities in societies, but it can also reproduce them.” OECD 2014

Overcoming disadvantage (ranked using all-GCSE measure) 1 in 1000 FSM go to Oxbridge

Overcoming disadvantage and educational attainment [The Economist, September 2014]

Spending per student “Excellence in education requires more than money” PISA 2012

Spending per student Spending per student United States Switzerland Norway Denmark Austria Sweden Netherlands Belgium United Kingdom Australia Ireland Japan France Finland Spain Slovenia Italy Korea New Zealand Portugal Israel Poland Estonia Czech Republic Slovak Republic Hungary Chile Mexico 0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000 16000 [OECD annual report 2014]

Moving forward  Addressing disadvantage and raise aspirations  Making parents tougher consumers of education  Recruiting and retaining our teachers  Working together  Invest in our staff and in our service  Influencing policy makers

We are all the people we’ve been waiting for Professor Toby Salt. toby.salt@oatoe.co.uk

We are the people we’ve been waiting for

Any questions?