Will Smith, Chief Exec, Greenshaw Learning Trust - How to reduce workload and generate a feeling of relief in schools

In this episode of the We Are In Beta Podcast, Will Smith, Chief Exec at Greenshaw Learning Trust, shares his thoughts on:

• How acids and alkalis altered his life direction
• What everyone at Greenshaw is entitled to
• What impact changes to the Ofsted framework will have
• How he re-defines accountability
• The organisations that you probably think about that MATs are accountable to 
• The leader mindset shift he thinks is required in the system
• His trust’s statement of intent around inclusivity
• The other side of the exclusions debate he thinks should be recognised
• How he works to embody the culture of the organisation and who helped him realise it
• The strategies Greenshaw uses to value staff
• What they ask schools to stop doing when they start working with them
• The best CPD initiative he has ever pursued
• Why he has found himself in car parks with tears in his eyes
• The one question he says he would ask every head if he could
• How Greenshaw has developed a healthy pipeline of new leadership talent into the trust
• Why he thinks the politicisation of education is a problem
• How one parent changed him forever using a bucket!

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