Comments on: Could and should a charity consortium run a democratic school? http://citizenshipfoundation.org.uk/blogs/main/2009/09/15/could-and-should-a-charity-consortium-run-a-democratic-school/ General musings from Citizenship Foundation staff Thu, 17 May 2012 06:26:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Should we run a democratic academy? | involver http://citizenshipfoundation.org.uk/blogs/main/2009/09/15/could-and-should-a-charity-consortium-run-a-democratic-school/#comment-3259 Should we run a democratic academy? | involver Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:12:22 +0000 http://citizenshipfoundation.org.uk/blogs/main/?p=81#comment-3259 [...] might be interested and Michael Grimes at the Citizenship Foundation picked up on this and wrote a blog post about it to get the discussion going. I’m continuing it here, so please comment on either [...] [...] might be interested and Michael Grimes at the Citizenship Foundation picked up on this and wrote a blog post about it to get the discussion going. I’m continuing it here, so please comment on either [...]

]]> By: Mike Amos-Simpson http://citizenshipfoundation.org.uk/blogs/main/2009/09/15/could-and-should-a-charity-consortium-run-a-democratic-school/#comment-3257 Mike Amos-Simpson Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:57:04 +0000 http://citizenshipfoundation.org.uk/blogs/main/?p=81#comment-3257 Yes it's possible. Is it likely many (if any) of those organisations would (or even could) do it? I very much doubt so. I'm sure there are schools that would already claim to be doing these things. In terms of a model of governance there are stories of parents taking over schools due for closure - I remember one that actually had a head teacher who wasn't a qualified teacher - just a local parent who led a local consortium to prevent closure and apparently it was very successful, so there are models to learn from. I think the approach the RSA is using is maybe more realistic: http://www.thersa.org/projects/education/future-schools-network Yes it’s possible. Is it likely many (if any) of those organisations would (or even could) do it? I very much doubt so.

I’m sure there are schools that would already claim to be doing these things. In terms of a model of governance there are stories of parents taking over schools due for closure - I remember one that actually had a head teacher who wasn’t a qualified teacher - just a local parent who led a local consortium to prevent closure and apparently it was very successful, so there are models to learn from.

I think the approach the RSA is using is maybe more realistic:

http://www.thersa.org/projects/education/future-schools-network

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