Our annual, one day conference for school leaders helps you to keep up with the pace of change and get the most out of your employees. At this year’s conference we heard from keynote speakers Nick MacKenzie and Heather Mitchell on the changing education landscape and how employment law changes affect schools and academies. Our education and HR experts also covered the post-election employment position, restructures, pay and reward, managing misconduct, strikes and work to rule, and leadership and management judgment in respect of HR. https://www.brownejacobson.com/education/services/employment-and-human-resources

1. HR conference for school leaders
Horizon scanning keynote

2. Horizon scanning:
the changing education landscape
Nick MacKenzie, Partner, Browne Jacobson LLP
11 October 2016

3. • state of the ‘room’
• five key themes
• emerging risks in the sector
Session overview

4. Taking into account external factors, how do you assess the
financial prospects of your organisation / group compared
with 12 months ago?
• very positive
• positive
• negative
• very negative

5. To what extent is staff restructuring likely to be a priority
for you over the next 12 months?
• major priority
• priority
• not a priority
• don’t know/ unsure

6. To what extent is creating/joining/growing a school group
likely to be a priority for you over the next 12 months?
• major priority
• priority
• not a priority
• don’t know/ unsure

7. To what extent is implementing curriculum changes likely
to be a priority for you over the next 12 months?
• major priority
• priority
• not a priority
• don’t know/ unsure

8. accountability & regulation
tendency to bureaucracy?
Key theme one …

9. leadership
how do we foster?
Key theme two …

10. central services
do we have an effective ‘corporate centre’?
Key theme three …

11. increased interventions &
‘re-brokering’
do we have a resilient operating model?
Key theme four …

12. talent management
do we develop the different type of talent we
will need?
Key theme five …

13. 1. are we moving to a robust operating model that is
resilient to shocks, including “re-brokering” of one or
more of our academies?
2. are we moving to a leadership & staffing model that
does not rigidly treat each school as a building that
must have a head, SBM etc?
3. are we moving to a way of working that is able to
effectively manage service delivery & risk across multi-
site operations?
Emerging risks

14. your people management will
need to shift and adapt as the
sector changes
Final thought ….

15. Any questions?

16. Further information
www.brownejacobson.com/education

17. Contact us
Nick MacKenzie
0121 237 4564
nick.mackenzie@brownejacobson.com
www.brownejacobson.com/education
Please note
The information contained in these notes is based on the position at March 2016 . It does, of course, only represent a summary
of the subject matter covered and is not intended to be a substitute for detailed advice. If you would like to discuss any of the
matters covered in further detail, our team would be happy to do so.
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