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Set out here are some resources which will give a deeper insight into VT, its philosophy and implementation

1.Books on VT

'VERTICAL TUTORING ...notes on School Management, Learning Relationships and School Improvement' : Barnard, P.A. [2010]: 'Vertical Tutoring': published by Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd., Guildford June 2010: ISBN 978-1-907652-03-5). now available at www.amazon.co.uk . Now also available on Kindle for £7.50! The book sets out the values and principles of VT and explains learning as an end-to-end operational process and VT as a cultural system of creating, managing and supporting the deep learning support relationships that improve individual and school outcomes.

2. Downloads

As a result of requests, there are a number of downloads on this site . See download on Leadership here and download on VT Book on the book page. Also see diagrams download of school management and Deming's adapted principles abstracted from my book, 'Vertical Tutoring'. Also visit the Times Ed site at www.tes.co.uk

3. Training

Contact me direct via this site for training inquiries, a copy of my book on VT or for general info on VT and/or go to the Training Page or Contact Page of this site. This book challenges virtually everything school's assume works. It explains...

why and how horizontal pastoral care systems undermine teaching and learning (schools think the opposite)

why teacher quality can only be judged and improved when school organisation (learning as a continuous, supported process) is understood and practised. (Only VT can do this)

why the influential McKinsey Report is right and wrong (therefore misleading and unhelpful) at the same time: improving systems is the first challenge not improving teachers. The former enhances the latter and this changes the emphasis on how Ofsted should work

why there has never been a time when every child has mattered less than now: VT ensure that ECMatters

how government interference undermines schools rather than partners them by creating massive and unworkable back-office bureaucracies and the kind of change likely to result in whiplash injuries

the critical role of 'moral psychology, systems thinking and customer services' (especially parent partnership) in schools

why, when and how schools 'killed' the tutor and how this has badly damaged teaching and learning

why leadership needs knowledge of systems, psychology and customer care to be really transformational

why the so-called 'deeps' are only workable in a vertical system (and even then they need qualification)

why and how school leadership 'arrogance and ignorance' (Shukla) messes up the change to Vertical Tutoring

how VT creates learning relationships and support processes that raise standards and address school management issues

Most schools that go vertical without proper training and advice make avoidable and very major mistakes. The tragedy is that without proper advice, schools do not realise or admit to such errors. Vertical Tutoring is not simply a change to the 'pastoral system', neither is VT something that a school can simply 'incorporate' into existing practice. It is the Leadership Team that must be the first to understand what VT is at a deep management and leadership level to ensure successful implementation. Remember, VT is a change to the school's learning culture and is Values Driven as opposed to being target or logistics driven. If we ignore values, we diminish learning relationships and outcomes suffer.