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The winter 2010 edition of Leadership Today lands on the desk of every school in the UK. It’s been sponsored by BT, the official communications partner for the 2012 Olympic Games. It includes information about our 25th Anniversary celebrations, HTI’s new peer mentoring scheme ‘Inspire’ and other successful HTI programmes such as GO4it and our secondment programme for teachers Stretch.

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Anne Evans OBE, Chief Executive, HTI.

Leadership TodayWelcome to the Winter Edition of

With only 5½ terms to go until the 2012 Olympic Games begin in London, HTI encourages you to engage with activities in the run-up to the Games. The 2012 Education Team shares opportunities with you via our back cover.

BT is the Olympics’ official communications partner and has generously sponsored this edition of Leadership Today. The centre pull-out section shows the many ways in which BT is supporting education. We urge you to take advantage of what BT offers.

Innovative thinking, focused on developing exceptional education leaders, has been HTI’s specialism for the past 25 years. In our 25th anniversary year, we are stepping up our commitment to raising the aspirations of school leaders, teachers and young people.

Take Stretch, our secondment programme for teachers, for example. It has changed hundreds of teachers’ and childrens’ lives by promoting better links with business and understanding of employability. Following an in-depth review we plan to strengthen the relevance and impact of these experiences by aligning them to specific challenges for both sectors.

The UK’s tumbling rankings in international comparisons might also get a boost from our new Stretch international secondments.

Inspire, our new peer mentoring scheme which matches disaffected students with successful young people from similar backgrounds, links directly to the government’s aims to equalise opportunities and tackle discipline.

Go4it, our award scheme for innovative schools, is forging ahead, capturing the imagination not only of schools but also of a broader range of educational organisations as an alternative means of demonstrating excellence.

Finally, you are not short of innovative thinking yourselves. In the last edition we asked for your Big Ideas for research which could improve the quality of education for young people. You can read all about the winning submissions on page 11.

“...[Stretch] has changed hundreds of teachers’ and childrens’ lives by promoting better links with business and understanding of employability...”

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25 years of stimulating aspiration

“The government believes that the standards now generally attained by our pupils are neither as good as they can be, nor as good as they need to be for the world of the twenty-first century. School education should do much more to promote enterprise and adaptability and to fit young people for working life in a technological age.”

The latest pronouncement from the Department of Education? It might just as well be, but in fact it is an extract from a summary of the Government’s White Paper, Better Schools, published 25 years ago at around the same time as HTI came into being.

Do you remember what was happening in education 25 years ago? They were the years of the Youth Training Scheme, the introduction of the GCSE and the establishment of the National Council for Vocational Qualifications. Leadership training in schools was virtually non-existent. Relations between education and business were hostile and fraught with prejudice, a situation which the RSA was determined to tackle during Industry Year 1986.

HTI was created during that year as a catalyst for change. A group of visionary business leaders, initially supported by funding from the Manpower Services Commission, came up with the innovative idea of seconding headteachers into industry for a year. The aim was to build bridges between the two sectors and provide a stretching leadership development experience, which also enhanced the headteacher’s understanding of employability needs.

The rest, as they say, is history. Some issues, like vocational education, are enduring. Some things, like leadership development, have evolved beyond all recognition.

During our 25th anniversary year we will be promoting and celebrating the importance of raising the aspirations of teachers and young people. This has always been our aim and is reflected in our anniversary strap line ‘Inspiring success’. It has never been so important for young people preparing for an uncertain world, or for teachers whose task is to give their students the springboard for success in life and work.

This theme will be at the heart of a wide-ranging programme of activities and events during our 25th anniversary year, combining celebration of our achievements and current aspiration-raising projects with thought-provoking insights into future needs from business leaders and senior educationalists. Will we be debating the same issues in 2035? What do YOU think?

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Twenty-five years ago, HTI broke new ground in the embryonic field of education leadership development when it launched its pioneering secondment programme for school leaders to spend up to a year working in business.

It was a unique concept at a time when very few leadership development opportunities were available to school leaders. The experience not only stretched leadership skills in an unfamiliar environment, but also helped to break down barriers between education and business and, crucially, enhance understanding of employability.

A lot has changed in 25 years. Some things have not changed enough. School leaders have plenty of opportunities to develop their skills. There is more interaction between education and business than ever before. Yet, despite this, research shows that many schools still struggle to forge meaningful relationships.

Stretch, as the secondment programme became known, has evolved and adapted over the years to the changing landscape of school leadership. Few schools can afford the luxury of releasing a key member of the leadership team for

HTI’s pioneering secondment programme undergoes a comprehensive review to give it an exciting new relevance to the challenges and pressures facing school leaders.

a year, for example, so Stretch secondments can now last anything from a few weeks to several months.

However, a major review has highlighted its significant potential to contribute to a number of current, high profile agendas, as HTI Chief Executive explains:

“There has been a growing focus on the role of business in education and the contribution of education to business and the economy over the past few years. That focus is intensifying as business has an increasingly hands-on role in the management, governance, sponsorship, funding and direction of the new breed of schools emerging under the new coalition government.

We recognised some time ago that Stretch needed to be more closely aligned to both education and business priorities so that the outcomes were as relevant as possible to all parties. Our research shows that the sort of in-depth interaction facilitated by secondments could make a powerful impact on driving key agendas forward.”

New challenges for school leaders; new relevance for Stretch secondments

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Research by Deloitte for the UK Commission for Employment and Skills has identified two key imperatives for teachers in delivering employability skills to young people:• Better knowledge and understanding of employers’

expectations and requirements• Up-to-date experience of business and industry.

Stretch has always delivered on both counts, but the value to both education and business could be significantly amplified if secondments are explicitly linked to specific challenges.

Stretch can make a real difference for schools and colleges by ...• Developing the leadership and commercial skills of principals

and heads of department within new educational structures like trusts

• Supporting work to raise the aspirations of 16-19 year olds• Helping teachers to develop a professional edge in an

increasingly competitive market• Sustaining the interest and commitment of outstanding heads• Supporting the teaching and development of employability

skills• Helping aspiring teachers to push beyond their comfort zones• Building an innovative culture• Supporting succession planning challenges

“Our strong partnerships are going to be essential to unleashing the potential we see for Stretch: partnerships with bodies committed to building employer engagement in schools, raising school performance and looking at specific business challenges,” says Anne.

The power of secondments to change mindsets and raise standards of leadership and management in education is without question. Stretch alumni talk about being given a new lease of life, rekindled enthusiasm, fresh ideas, a more commercial attitude, new skills, the ability to talk to students about employability from experience rather than hearsay.

As one former secondee says: “When you get out of school, do different things and do things differently, you come back as a leader rather than a manager.”

For further information about Stretch please contact Lisa Roots at [email protected] or on 024 7669 8520.

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Richard Hunter has come full circle, as he always intended, following his secondment to the HSBC Education Trust in 2002. Every experience along the way is now impacting and informing his new headship at Robin Hood Junior and Infant School in Birmingham.

Richard’s secondment came after ten years in headship at two primary schools in Coventry.

“I spent a year working with schools all over the country, supporting HSBC appointed governors, running national projects and sharing my thinking on education with government ministers and policy makers. I learned and saw so much.”

Richard transferred his learning and experiences back to school, but his journey back into headship took him through a further two-year stint with the HSBC Education Trust, working with schools across the world and, through HSBC’s close links with the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust, five years as Head of the Family of Schools Programme, building up a 600-strong network of primary schools across the country.

All of these experiences, triggered by his secondment, have had a transformational impact on Richard personally, professionally and in the way he wants to lead his new school.

Stretch has always delivered on both counts, but the value to both education and business could be significantly amplified if secondments were explicitly linked to specific challenges.

“The immediate impact of my secondment was the insights you gain from switching from a localised to a nationalised setting and working with a breadth of schools nationally and internationally. Working with so many different types of school made me realise I had only scratched the surface of understanding diversity. As teachers we tend to get buried in the local context.

I learned so much, gained so many ideas and a huge confidence boost from being exposed to such a variety of situations, schools and influential people in government and at HSBC. At the same time I felt a massive sense of achievement and reassured that, actually, I had been doing a good job.

Working in different environments was a revelation. Schools are tremendously protective and nurturing communities, which is both a strength and a weakness because it can make you insular. It’s often not like this in the outside world.

Above all, all my experiences on secondment made me realise that there is no better place to work than in a school - and with such a powerful network at my fingertips I know I can give my new school fantastic opportunities that would not otherwise have been possible.”

“HTI Secondment changed my life”

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As a global leader in communications solutions, BT understands that being able to communicate effectively and thoughtfully, using ever-changing communication tools, equipment and media, is more vital than ever.

BT wants to help people benefit from this increased level of connectivity and in particular to help young people develop the quality of their conversation and collaboration skills.

BT invested £26.4m in 2009-10 in time, cash and in-kind contributions to activities which support society and the environment. The BT Learning + Skills programme is an important element of this investment and aims to help young people, their teachers and families to develop a sound set of skills in spoken communication:

• By providing schools and parents with a range of FREE online and downloadable resources dedicated to supporting speaking and listening skills

• By BT people across the UK supporting schools through volunteering activities, including working in the classroom with teachers to help young people improve their communication and collaboration skills

• By providing opportunities for young people to make a positive contribution, by helping develop their speaking and listening skills through activities, events and initiatives.

We hope that the following information about some of our key projects and initiatives will inspire you and your schools to get involved.

What are we doing?As well as being the official communications service partner to London 2012, BT is also one of six Sustainability Partners working with the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) to help make the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games the most sustainable Games ever. We are focusing our efforts in two key areas – delivering a sustainable communications technology solution for the Games and creating lasting social and economic benefits.

We believe there is a great opportunity to harness the excitement building ahead of London 2012 by encouraging people to get involved in education projects that develop communications skills which can be used to help them achieve goals that are important in their lives.

BT’s Education Work to Extend the Legacy of London 2012

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Big Voice Big Voice is a nationwide competition being run in schools, colleges and youth groups that offers young people the chance to turn their ideas for improving their communities into professional-looking films.

The students provide the ideas around diversity and inclusion, a key value of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and BT provides direction and support as well as access to film crews drawn from colleges and universities.

The competition launched in September 2010 and will evolve into BT’s Big Voice film festival, running in the Spring of 2012. Big Voice winners will have their films showcased on ‘Live Sites’ throughout the UK, which are being set up in public spaces to act as the destination for news, events and live screenings in the run up to the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012.

Big Voice has been designed from the ground up to help teachers deliver the curriculum in subjects including Citizenship, English and Media Studies. Students and teachers will be supported with a range of new online resources promoting ideas generation, group communication and creative collaboration.

What does our education work involve?We want to use London 2012 as a ‘once in a lifetime opportunity’ to motivate young people and the adults who look after them through three projects:

Communication Triathlon The Communication Triathlon is a campaign for 4-11 year olds being developed by Openreach, a BT Group business, in partnership with children’s communication charity I CAN.

It is a programme based around London 2012 inspired activities that will encourage primary school children to become better at expressing themselves through improved speaking and listening skills. The Communication Triathlon campaign will be launched to schools in November 2010 and all of the activities have been developed by communication and educational experts, linked to the national curriculum.

Coaching for LifeCoaching for Life is a programme to help parents, grandparents and older siblings improve their coaching skills so that they can unlock the talents of 6-11 year olds through games and sporting activities.

BT is producing easy-to-use Coaching for Life Resource Packs featuring effective coaching tips written by experts to help adults develop the confidence, skills and performance of children in a fun way. There will also be videos available online to help them learn new games.

The skills which can be developed through Coaching for Life will help turn play time into a more productive, enjoyable experience for both children and adults.

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Volunteering in BTWhat will we achieve?All our initiatives form part of ‘Get Set’, the official London 2012 education programme, which uses the power of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games to inspire children and young people aged 3-19 to live the Olympic and Paralympic values. We have developed them in conjunction with experts in motivational behaviour, education and communication. They are carefully constructed, take the views of key influencers (e.g. parents, teachers) into account and are properly tested to ensure they are effective for young people.

Our ambition is to extend the legacy of London 2012 by helping to create a generation of young citizens with the skills to communicate and collaborate in ways that bring about positive changes to our society.

To find out more about all three projects, please visit www.bt.com/2012education

About the programmeBT’s investment in skills is not just about formal training. It is equally important to give employees new experiences in other ways, such as volunteering. This empowers our people to make a difference in their own careers, and to the communities we work in, and is particularly important during periods of change, to keep employees engaged and feeling valued.

Aims of the programmeBT’s volunteering programme aims to motivate our people and unlock their talent by creating opportunities for them to give their time, pass on their experience and learn new skills. This benefits our people, communities and charity partners and makes BT a better, stronger business. Volunteering is increasing pride in BT, enhancing productivity and bringing us closer to our customers.

Senior sponsorshipBT Chairman Sir Mike Rake launched the programme in April 2009 and since then employees have contributed more than 28,000 days to local communities and a range of charities and social enterprises.

Each employee can volunteer three days of work time at a charity they are passionate about. Examples include working with schools and youth groups, mentoring programmes or volunteering for a local community group to make a real difference.

How does the volunteering programme help my school?Through the volunteering programme BT also sponsors a number of specific programmes for schools which have proved to be a great resource and benefit to the whole school community.

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Growing into workA key programme in BT is ‘Growing into Work’ - a volunteering activity which targets the 16-18 school leavers to facilitate their development and transition into the workplace. BT has teamed up with key partners,including HTI, who are education charities with strong links with schools and colleges around the country and are committed to inspiring young people in the world of work.

BT has developed a range of packages with key partners to suit a variety of employee volunteering needs, whether individually or as a team.

BT Education VolunteersBT has an established network of BT Education Volunteers who support schools in their local areas by encouraging the young people to improve their communication skills. Our education volunteers have also been supporting local schools by providing mock interview workshops to help prepare young people for interviews into university and into the work place.

School governorsCurrently BT has just over 300 of its employees registered as BT School Governors. We are encouraging more people to get engaged and are linked up with SGOSS (School Governors One Stop Shop) to find governors for hard-to-place schools. We regularly share best practice and hold training calls for our engaged school governors.

Work inspirationWork experience in BT is changing...‘Work Inspiration’ is a new initiative in BT which aims to change the way young people think about work and also change the way we (in BT) offer work placements. BT is moving away from the old ‘DIY’ work experience system. All placements will follow a structured programme with some great resources.

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And it seems you are brimming with them! Our winning submissions, which go forward as HTI research fellowships, take 14-19 education and lessons to be learned from sports leadership as their themes.

How do we improve outcomes from the 14-19 curriculum?

With vocational qualifications once again hitting the headlines, Rory Fox, Director of Braintree Sixth Form, will be investigating how outcomes for students through the 14-19 curriculum can be improved with reduced costs for schools and colleges.

As director of a brand new sixth form, Rory is particularly interested in making 14-19 education more relevant to the different aptitudes, interests and aspirations of students and to their future employers. His research will embrace contributions from major employers, Sector Skills Councils, employer organisations, universities, colleges and schools.

“I think there are three problems confronting 14-19 education and the qualifications system: credibility; complexity and cost. I will also be looking at international comparisons because our students are increasingly in competition with their peers across the world.”

Anyone with an interest in this topic is invited to contact Rory Fox at [email protected]

Earlier this year we asked for your Big Ideas for education: ideas that would be the focus of research, debate and a Thinkpiece led by you; ideas which will give young people the best possible preparation for the future.

What can we learn from sports leadership?

With the 2012 Olympics on the horizon Mark Burrows, headteacher of Wilmcote Primary School, wants to find out what leaders of schools could learn from leaders of sport.

Leading national and local sports organisations and clubs can be challenging, with high expectations from the public, individual and team performance to handle, media pressure and coping with success as well as below standard results. Through interviews with leaders of sporting clubs and bodies, Mark will explore common ground and lessons that can be learned, linking lines of questioning to the National Standards for Headteachers.

“I want to establish what makes one manager successful and another less so. To what extent do the support team, money, adaptability, discipline, vision-setting, communication and so on contribute to effective leadership? Are strategies long or short term? How do you create a world standard reputation from a standing start?”

Anyone with an interest in this topic is invited to contact Mark Burrows at [email protected]

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Reaching out to Go4itHospital and Outreach Education (HOE) provides education to young people in Northamptonshire who are unable to attend school through mental or physical illness. They may be in hospital, at home, or referred through other channels, but the aim is to keep education alive in the child’s life through an active curriculum sensitively tailored to ability and needs.

HOE 14-19 Coordinator Charlie Brown picked up a Go4it flyer when he attended an NPQH course at HTI’s training and conference centre. It immediately struck a chord.

“I realised that Go4it was not only offering accreditation for the work we were already doing, but also opened up new possibilities for extending the range of activities we could offer and creating the sort of Go4it ethos we aspire to.

We want to make education meaningful, relevant and stretching for these young people. Too often we assume critical functional life skills are picked up en route through education. Vulnerable young people with physical or mental illnesses are less likely than their

The impact of Go4it, HTI’s award for schools which dare to do things differently, inspirationally and with a sense of adventure, is spreading.

The number of schools seeking Go4it status continues to grow, with the latest cohort of schools receiving their awards at the annual floating awards ceremony in July and hundreds more ‘Going4it’.

But it is not just schools which see the value of Go4it. It is increasingly sought-after by a broader range of educational organisations, like Hospital and Outreach Education in Northampton and Coventry Performing Arts Service.

peers to be exposed to the sort of controlled risks that build these skills and the self-confidence that is so vital to recovery.

Go4it will give us a licence, in a way, for incorporating activities like cycling, dancing, water-based and other outdoor activities into the curriculum and learning experience. For example, teaching students to cycle safely and incorporating literacy and numeracy gives them a skill, independence, confidence, motivation and makes it less likely they will be misbehaving on street corners.”

Making an art of Go4itCoventry Performing Arts Service provides a range of high quality learning and performance opportunities to local students through music, dance and drama.

It is the first Performing Arts Service in the country to sign up to Go4it.

Trevor Jones, head of the service, saw Go4it as a catalyst

Go4it goes beyond schools

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both for organisational culture change and to give students a ‘voice’ in determining future development and delivery.

“I want Go4it to help us to face the challenges that lie ahead. Go4it will give our staff a focus for innovative thinking, not just to deal with financial challenges, but to look at ways of making the service as relevant as possible to young people. I want to create a culture of risk-taking, where my team feel empowered to come up with ideas – no matter how silly – and give them a go.

By the same token, I want the kids we serve to feel they can influence what we deliver to them and how, by improving the interface they have with staff rather than trying things out and hoping for the best. What role could technology play, for example? Could we communicate with them through Skype? What’s the potential for all the social media tools they use with such facility?

Go4it will help us to channel thinking, internally and externally, to creating the best service for the future.”

Inspiring schools• Snail racing, making mud pies, playing on the hanging

tyres, lighting a fire and banging away at nails on the woodwork bench are all in a day’s learning at Nottingham Nursery and Training Centre, the first school to be awarded Go4it status in Nottingham. In addition, every child is encouraged to capture the wonder of learning with their own personal camera.

• Eco-conscious pupils at Oaklands School, a special educational needs school in Cheshire, are so proud of their Go4it award that they created the Go4it logo out of flowers, grasses and recycled materials at the RHS Tatton Park Show at the end of July.

Laura, a student at Barr Beacon Language College, summed up the value and relevance of Go4it to her school when she said:

“Putting the award together was an amazing experience. We just kept on and on finding Go4it evidence. It’s brilliant to be able to show new Year 7 pupils and their parents that we’re a Go4it school.”

Business support on the increaseMore and more employers recognise that supporting Go4it is one of the most practical and rewarding ways of engaging with schools to tackle employability issues.

• Metaswitch Networks funded 15 primary and secondary schools in Enfield through their Go4it assessment

• Taylor Wimpey has pledged to support 26 schools around the country with their Go4it applications

• The Garfield Weston Foundation is supporting 30 schools across the country through their Go4it submissions.

For further information about Go4it please contact Tracey Maude on [email protected] or on 024 7669 8513.

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Inspiring aspiration

HTI’s new peer mentoring scheme aims to ‘Inspire’ disaffected young people to achieve at and beyond school

How do we narrow the gap in attainment and social mobility? Successive governments have battled with these issues, yet the situation seems to be worsening. Official figures show that almost 900,000 16-24 year olds are classified as NEET (Not in Education, Training or Employment) and that youngsters who leave school with no qualifications are the most at risk of dropping out of education and work.

More alarmingly, a recent study in the north of England concluded that one in six long-term NEETs died within a decade of falling out of the system.

Young people who have been brought up in areas of cultural deprivation, low aspirations and generational unemployment are at particular risk. They lack positive role models, hope for the future and motivation to learn and work.

A new peer mentoring scheme from HTI aims to make a significant impact on this challenge.

Eight schools around the country and 20 young mentors are taking part in the pilot of Inspire, which gives successful young people the opportunity to give something back to disaffected pupils at the schools they attended.

The young mentors, all fully trained, represent a range of possibilities open to their mentees, from university and apprenticeships to jobs in schools, the local community and the voluntary sector.

“Going to university isn’t the be all and end all of aspiration and success,” says project manager Lorrin Campbell. “What unites the mentors is that they are succeeding in their chosen field and have a passion for changing the lives of young people who come from similar backgrounds to them. They are people to whom their mentees can relate.”

Each mentor will spend 10 weeks mentoring one or two pupils selected by the school. Drawing on their own experiences and encouraging their young mentees to open up about their hopes and concerns, they aim to build self-esteem, confidence and aspiration.

“We may not be able to measure success in hard exam results, but we will be looking for evidence of change of attitude, feelings, focus and motivation,” says Lorrin. “If, at the end of the 10 weeks, our interventions help a student to feel more motivated for their mock exams, clearer about what to do in the future, or trigger interest in an apprenticeship, for example, we will have made headway.”

If successful at the pilot state, HTI hopes to roll Inspire out nationally.

For further information about Inspire please contact Tara Lambert on [email protected] or on 024 7669 8517.

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Stretch your horizons......with an international Stretch secondment

Give yourself a global professional development experience through a brand new initiative from HTI and Merganser Consulting.

• Work with and learn from businesses, ministries, schools and educators in countries across the world• Benefit from our unrivalled international network of partners and experience of organising almost

2,000 international professional development experiences for teachers• Choose from long or short placements in schools across the world• Give your students an international perspective through your experiences• Host an exchange for a professional from another country.

From January 2011, we will be offering a major new professional development programme to give education leaders and teachers worldwide opportunities for experience. If you would like to hear more about the programme please get in touch, but you can also help us with our planning, so that the programme is exactly what YOU would find most useful.

Email [email protected] with your thoughts (and for more information)

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There are 634 days to go until the Olympic Games begin in London – that’s just 5 ½ terms, or 300 school days, for you to make the most of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for your students.

Get Set is the official London 2012 education programme for schools and colleges across the UK. Its mission is to enable teachers to engage students by linking learning to the Games and to ensure that young people across the UK are inspired by the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

It’s easier than you think to bring the magic of the Games to your school or college!

All you have to do is tell London 2012 how your school/college is living the Olympic Values of friendship, excellence and respect and the Paralympic Values of courage, determination, inspiration and equality. Anything goes, as long as the Values are at the heart of it.

You’ll then be part of London 2012’s exclusive - Get Set network - for schools and colleges that are demonstrating a commitment to the Values.

In return, they’ll give your students access to the most exciting rewards and opportunities we can offer – this could be a visit from an athlete, a tour of the Olympic Park and much more!

And the school/college will be recognised too. You’ll receive a plaque and certificate and the right to use the London 2012 education logo.

Don’t be the last to feel the benefits. The Olympic and Paralympic Games begin in 2012, but your chance to make the most of London 2012 is now.

Visit www.london2012.com/getset to get involved now.

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Connect your school to the power and excitement of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games

of the teachers who are participating in Get Set would recommend the programme to a colleague

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of teachers surveyed want to feel part of the Games. The Get Set network is the best way to guarantee your connection to London 2012.

of teachers surveyed say they’re likely to continue to work with the Values beyond 2012

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