by Frank Norris | Mar 24, 2021 | Blackpool School Improvement Board, General
Hello colleagues and thank you for sticking with me for this final slot at the end of a highly important and impressive day. There are times in your life when all the stars seem to align. An uncanny and unlikely episode of...
by Frank Norris | Mar 19, 2021 | General
Unlocking Learning Beyond the Lockdown Conference Hello colleagues thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak to you at the end of what has been an uplifting and positive event. It comes at a time when there is much uncertainty but also at time of opportunity....
by Frank Norris | Mar 11, 2021 | General
In our recent second report into long-term disadvantage in secondary schools, we committed to looking in more detail at the location of the schools we identified. The paper presents that analysis but also goes further by looking at more data about the communities...
by Frank Norris | Oct 16, 2020 | General
Good afternoon colleagues and thank you for finding the time to join us. This is a very important event for Blackpool. Whether we look at this through the lens of the children and young people, their families and carers, the professional educational staff who support...
by Frank Norris | Oct 12, 2020 | General
Kevin Turner was a pupil at the school I led in Partington. His mother moved herself and the three children into a Council house on the Wood Lane Estate cos they lived in fear. I secured a week’s residence from the Northern Ballet Theatre Company and they saw...
by Frank Norris | Oct 7, 2020 | General
I was appointed to the ranks of Her Majesty’s Inspectors in September 2001. A seasonal highlight was the annual national conference which took place in early January. This was a chance for colleagues to catch up, to share their current...
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