The development of extended services through clusters of schools will require new forms of governance - and for Mark Hopkins, strategic manager of the programme in Leeds, that could mean chief executives rather than school heads ultimately taking the leading role.
He says, 'We need to rethink the whole issue of governance. We are not just talking about having governing bodies as we have now. That mould has to be broken. The governance of extended services across clusters of schools means looking at different models of management and leadership. Potentially you might be looking at a chief executive or a principal leading the service provision, and they might be from a multi-agency background, rather than teachers.'
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