Good to Great Education Leaders Series - Liam Powell - Manor High School

Good to Great Education Leaders Series!

Building your SLT team is like trying to build an aircraft while it’s in the air – Liam Powell

Liam Powell is the Head Teacher at Manor High school in Oadby, Leicestershire. He has been teaching for over 24 years, initially qualifying in 1993 as a History and Politics teacher. Liam has been a Head for over 7 years and taken Manor High school through significant changes, in particular, becoming an Academy and part of Oak Multi Academy Trust.

If you haven’t had a chance yet, check out Liam’s “Hot Choc Friday” pics on LinkedIn, they truly are brilliant and show how as a Head you can have a huge impact on your students.

Listen to more of Liam’s fantastic experience and how he still believes being a Head Teacher is the best job in the world.

SHOW NOTES:

• Liam’s route into Education [00:36]
• Advice to Student teachers entering the profession [01:36]
• Is Teaching still a vocation? [02:44]
• What makes a good senior leadership team in a school [03:53]
• Moving from SLT to being a Head [04:55]
• Advice on becoming a Headteacher [06:00]
• Recent Manor High School Initiatives [08:52]
• Manor Highs Partnerships [11:30]
• Hot Choc Friday [13:03]
• Where will Education move too in the next 5 years, being a MAT [14:34]
• Primary Secondary Transition improvements [16:15]
• Being process driven, not outcome driven [17:46]
• Students are our greatest resource [19:25]
• Recruitment needs for September [22:20]
• The importance of having “Core Values” [22:48]

SELECTED LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE

Connect with Liam Powell Linkedin

Manor High School Facebook Page – Twitter Feed

Spark Academy

PEOPLE MENTIONED

Luke Ambler – ANDYSMANCLUB – Linkedin

Mital Thanki – Spark Academy – Linkedin

Paul Dix – Pivotal Education Linkedin