Stephen Munday, Chief Executive, The Cam Academy Trust & Executive Principal, Comberton Village College & President of The Chartered College of Teaching: Doing the right thing and working together

Jul 21, 2019

In this episode, Stephen Munday (Chief Executive, The Cam Academy Trust; Executive Principal, Comberton Village College & President of The Chartered College of Teaching), shares his thoughts on:

In his interview, Stephen shares his thoughts on:

• How a cup of tea with his Mum’s friend was the catalyst to becoming the President of the Chartered College of Teaching
• His purpose and what he finds deeply inspiring about teaching
• Which role in a school prepares you well for becoming a headteacher
• What you need to keep reminding yourself as a headteacher
• The biggest thing he has learned about headship
• The biggest challenge of his career and how he overcame it
• The moral duty that led to his school becoming a multi-academy trust
• What he welcomes about changes to the Ofsted framework
• What he questions about changes to the Ofsted Framework
• How schools can reduce the problems with exclusions
• The question school leaders need to ask themselves to reduce workload
• The best CPD he’s ever done
• How to get external support when needs can’t be met in-house
• How to judge the quality of external CPD
• How the Chartered College can solve the budget crisis
• How schools can ensure they ring-fence enough money for investing in professional development
• Tips for schools on how to balance the books
• How he’s using technology to make professional development more scalable and accessible across the trust
• The one question he would ask every headteacher in the country if he could
• Why he is optimistic about the future of education and the role the Chartered College has to play
• What one ‘less positive’ student shouted as Ofsted approached the school to begin an inspection

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