A Brief Guide to DfE's Regional Directors’ Decision Making Framework

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John Rees National and international RSHE consultant and trainer
Webinar 23min

This webinar will provide headteachers, senior leaders, governors and trustees with expert insight into the DfE’s Regional Directors’ decision making framework. The publication describes the role and powers of Regional Directors who take appropriate action on behalf of the Secretary of State for Education when an academy trust is failing to improve a school or college that has been identified as failing.

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This webinar will provide headteachers, senior leaders, governors and trustees with expert insight into the DfE’s Regional Directors’ decision making framework. The publication describes the role and powers of Regional Directors who take appropriate action on behalf of the Secretary of State for Education when an academy trust is failing to improve a school or college that has been identified as failing. 

In this webinar, John Rees, an experienced teacher, trainer and consultant with more than 25 years’ educational leadership experience, will highlight the salient points of the framework, including how Regional Directors will use assessment, test and exam results data to inform their decision making during the 2021/2022 academic year, as well as the limits of their power.