The power of embedding values at the heart of school leadership: community, curiosity and humility

A fascinating episode with Chris Godwin, the Head Master at The Hall School in London.  Chris is passionate about education and leadership and in this episode we explore in particular the way he embeds values into all aspects of his leadership and how this has helped to transform certain aspects of the school.  Leadership in schools has charged ahead in the last 20 years and has much to offer to all sectors, but has been kept a bit of a secret from the corporate world.  Tune in to find out more. 

About Chris:
Chris Godwin is currently Head of The Hall, a large preparatory school of 460 boys based in Hampstead. The School has a strong reputation for providing a challenging and innovative curriculum within a highly supportive and positive environment. The Hall has an excellent track record of sending pupils to the top independent day schools in London as well as boarding schools further afield. Chris Godwin is also involved in the extensive community partnership programme which has been established between The Hall and a number of maintained partnership schools. Most recently he has been working with a small group of Head Teachers in considering the assessment framework for entry in to independent senior schools in London.

Prior to joining The Hall in 2013, Chris Godwin was Head of Bedford Preparatory School for sixteen years as well as being Head of Innovation for the Bedford Learning Partnership – an independent / state school initiative. He is passionate about exploring how emerging technologies can be used to enhance learning as well as being involved in research on the development of key learning dispositions and their impact on individual student achievement.

He has taught in prep schools for well over 30 years, starting his career at Arnold School in Lancashire before becoming Head of Geography at All Hallows' Preparatory School in Somerset. In 1993 he joined Bedford Preparatory School as Director of Studies and became Headmaster four years later. Chris continued to teach geography and ICT throughout his time as Headmaster, while also coaching rugby in the prep and upper schools.

Chris has lectured and led workshops on assessment, the development of successful learners, mobile learning and most recently exploring the role of schools in identifying the skills and attributes students will need for the world of work in the future.

To contact Chris Godwin and The Hall School:
email: [email protected]
school website: www.hallschool.co.uk
Twitter: @thehallschool

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