Secondary schools vary enormously in size. There is a growing concern that many students need to belong to a smaller, more intimate unit within the school, where stronger relationships between teachers and students, and among the students, can be forged. There is thus a growth of ‘mini-schools’ and ‘learning villages’ as well as vertical tutoring.

Institutional reconfigurations

• From single to multiple institutions
• Merging of phases
• Flexible and permeable age cohorts
• School day, term and year
• Flexible time schedules
• Design of buildings and learning spaces
• Competence-based, trans-disciplinary curriculum
• Academic and pastoral division
• Smaller units within schools
• School and workplace

Role reconfigurations

Leadership reconfigurations