Chris Dyson is the former headteacher of Parklands Primary school in Leeds, located in one of Europe’s largest council estates. Here, he was a National Leader of Education (NLE), helping to drive improvements across Yorkshire. Seeing schools achieve sustained improvement is his abiding passion.

In January this year Chris moved to Birmingham, to take up the role of deputy CEO of the Create Partnership Trust, an organisation responsible for the education of 3,000 children. His strength is in changing the culture in school environments through prioritising the wellbeing of both teachers and children.

00:00 Intro

00:29 A lot of love

03:45 Mrs George and Chris’ school days

06:15 Why did you become a teacher?

07:51 What was it like to be a child in classroom when you won Teacher of the Year 2004?

08:50 As a leader, did you try to replicate your classroom throughout school?

13:19 “When I started at Parklands…they didn’t want me”

17:14 Behaviour and how I got children and staff to come with me

21:20 You have to value your staff

30:01 Teachers on a hit list and uncomfortable conversations

32:45 Sharing is caring, it’s for the children

34:27 How do you attract the best teachers to your school?

37:07 School culture vs school trappings

43:09 Ofsted

45:22 Bringing your daughter to Parklands

47:10 Bringing a community together

53:53 “I took the excluded children and I gave them £10’000”

58:21 “Mosquegate”

61:33 Generating thousands of pounds through relationships with businesses

68:22 What are the biggest myths about outstanding schools?

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