Welcome!

‘the focus on governance in our schools has never been greater’

Bishop Alan Wilson

RIGHT is…

RIGHT is…• A series of key insights

RIGHT is…• A series of key insights• A range of always-current advice

RIGHT is…• A series of key insights• A range of always-current advice • A network for chairs to share

expertise

RIGHT is…• A series of key insights• A range of always-current advice • A network for chairs to share

expertise • A safe place for chairs to ask

questions and debate issues

The McNamara Fallacy

The McNamara Fallacy• Measure whatever can easily be

measured

The McNamara Fallacy• Measure whatever can easily be

measured – this is OK as far as it goes

The McNamara Fallacy• Measure whatever can easily be

measured – this is OK as far as it goes• Disregard that which can’t be easily

measured or give it an arbitrary, quantitative value

The McNamara Fallacy• Measure whatever can easily be

measured – this is OK as far as it goes• Disregard that which can’t be easily

measured or give it an arbitrary, quantitative value – this is artificial and misleading

The McNamara Fallacy• Measure whatever can easily be

measured – this is OK as far as it goes• Disregard that which can’t be easily

measured or give it an arbitrary, quantitative value – this is artificial and misleading

• Presume that which can’t be easily measured really isn’t important

The McNamara Fallacy• Measure whatever can easily be

measured – this is OK as far as it goes• Disregard that which can’t be easily

measured or give it an arbitrary, quantitative value – this is artificial and misleading

• Presume that which can’t be easily measured really isn’t important – this is blindness

The McNamara Fallacy• Measure whatever can easily be measured

– this is OK as far as it goes• Disregard that which can’t be easily

measured or give it an arbitrary, quantitative value – this is artificial and misleading

• Presume that which can’t be easily measured really isn’t important – this is blindness

• Presume that which can’t easily be measured doesn’t exist

The McNamara Fallacy• Measure whatever can easily be measured

– this is OK as far as it goes• Disregard that which can’t be easily

measured or give it an arbitrary, quantitative value – this is artificial and misleading

• Presume that which can’t be easily measured really isn’t important – this is blindness

• Presume that which can’t easily be measured doesn’t exist – this is suicide

Why do pupils get tested as individuals

Why do pupils get tested as individuals

when the world of work requires people who can

work well in a team?

Why do we test memory

Why do we test memory

in the real world, engineers, doctors and scientists never rely on memory—if they’re stuck, they look things up

Why do we use timed tests

Why do we use timed tests

when it’s usually far more important to get things done right than to get things done

quickly?

Goodhart’s law

Goodhart’s law

the clearer you are about what you want, the more likely you

are to get it, but the less likely it is to mean anything

1. Measurement helps, that’s agreed – but what less tangible things should be prized in our schools, beyond the core data

suite?

2. How can governors present these as things of real value, alongside the core data - and what can governors do to get inspections to notice

these things, and see them as being of real value?

3. Which makes more sense – data driving standards, or standards driving data? Depending on the answer, how can governors help

implement that philosophy effectively in the school?

‘Our schools are at the forefront of the mission of the Diocese’

Bishop Alan

Upcoming RIGHT events

Upcoming RIGHT events• 2 December – Lord Carlile: The

British values agenda

Upcoming RIGHT events• 2 December – Lord Carlile: The

British values agenda• 3 February – Sue Bremner-Milne:

What are you budgeting for?

Upcoming RIGHT events• 2 December – Lord Carlile: The

British values agenda• 3 February – Sue Bremner-Milne:

What are you budgeting for?• 2 March – Nigel Genders: The

future for Church schools

Upcoming RIGHT events• 2 December – Lord Carlile: The

British values agenda• 3 February – Sue Bremner-Milne:

What are you budgeting for?• 2 March – Nigel Genders: The

future for Church schools• 4 May – TBC: What are you valued

for?

Upcoming RIGHT events• 2 December – Lord Carlile: The

British values agenda• 3 February – Sue Bremner-Milne:

What are you budgeting for?• 2 March – Nigel Genders: The future

for Church schools• 4 May – TBC: What are you valued for?• 5 July – Baroness Morris (prov):

visionary governance