Cat Rushton
@catrushton.bsky.social
Director of Institute at Academy Transformation Trust
Proud to have passed the @steplab.bsky.social Certificate in Coaching Leadership!
Now officially an Accredited Steplab Coaching Lead 🙌
Excited to keep learning about Instructional Coaching & supporting implementation across our @academytrust.bsky.social academies✈️
Now officially an Accredited Steplab Coaching Lead 🙌
Excited to keep learning about Instructional Coaching & supporting implementation across our @academytrust.bsky.social academies✈️
August 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Proud to have passed the @steplab.bsky.social Certificate in Coaching Leadership!
Now officially an Accredited Steplab Coaching Lead 🙌
Excited to keep learning about Instructional Coaching & supporting implementation across our @academytrust.bsky.social academies✈️
Now officially an Accredited Steplab Coaching Lead 🙌
Excited to keep learning about Instructional Coaching & supporting implementation across our @academytrust.bsky.social academies✈️
Thoughtful, receptive, engaged✈️
Group rehearsal in flight at @academytrust.bsky.social Kingsmoor!
Using the ‘Right is Right’ technique, rehearsing how to respond when answers are nearly there—but not quite.
Group rehearsal energises PD!
#TransformingPD
Group rehearsal in flight at @academytrust.bsky.social Kingsmoor!
Using the ‘Right is Right’ technique, rehearsing how to respond when answers are nearly there—but not quite.
Group rehearsal energises PD!
#TransformingPD
June 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Thoughtful, receptive, engaged✈️
Group rehearsal in flight at @academytrust.bsky.social Kingsmoor!
Using the ‘Right is Right’ technique, rehearsing how to respond when answers are nearly there—but not quite.
Group rehearsal energises PD!
#TransformingPD
Group rehearsal in flight at @academytrust.bsky.social Kingsmoor!
Using the ‘Right is Right’ technique, rehearsing how to respond when answers are nearly there—but not quite.
Group rehearsal energises PD!
#TransformingPD
Delighted that @attinstitute.bsky.social @academytrust.bsky.social won the Optimus Education MAT Excellence Award for
✨Staff Development✨
✈️🎉✈️🎉✈️
Huge thanks to @attideputy.bsky.social & the Institute team, our academies, with special mention for our PD Leads 💙
#TransformingPD
✨Staff Development✨
✈️🎉✈️🎉✈️
Huge thanks to @attideputy.bsky.social & the Institute team, our academies, with special mention for our PD Leads 💙
#TransformingPD
June 20, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Delighted that @attinstitute.bsky.social @academytrust.bsky.social won the Optimus Education MAT Excellence Award for
✨Staff Development✨
✈️🎉✈️🎉✈️
Huge thanks to @attideputy.bsky.social & the Institute team, our academies, with special mention for our PD Leads 💙
#TransformingPD
✨Staff Development✨
✈️🎉✈️🎉✈️
Huge thanks to @attideputy.bsky.social & the Institute team, our academies, with special mention for our PD Leads 💙
#TransformingPD
What an incredible start to our @attinstitute.bsky.social Lowering the ladder with the incredible Miss Kiran Satti 💙
Hearing about the Dream Project work in her academy and beyond :)
#Loweringtheladder
Hearing about the Dream Project work in her academy and beyond :)
#Loweringtheladder
April 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
What an incredible start to our @attinstitute.bsky.social Lowering the ladder with the incredible Miss Kiran Satti 💙
Hearing about the Dream Project work in her academy and beyond :)
#Loweringtheladder
Hearing about the Dream Project work in her academy and beyond :)
#Loweringtheladder
Last Friday we welcomed these outstanding @academytrust.bsky.social leaders to our @attinstitute.bsky.social Transformational Leaders Programme ✈️
Absolutely wowed by expertise, engagement & professionalism!🤩💙
Absolutely wowed by expertise, engagement & professionalism!🤩💙
March 14, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Last Friday we welcomed these outstanding @academytrust.bsky.social leaders to our @attinstitute.bsky.social Transformational Leaders Programme ✈️
Absolutely wowed by expertise, engagement & professionalism!🤩💙
Absolutely wowed by expertise, engagement & professionalism!🤩💙
Incredible day yesterday @academytrust.bsky.social Queen Elizabeth Academy🌈looking at Instructional Coaching using @steplab.bsky.social
Powerful coaching conversations & inspiring to hear reflections from coaches/coachees!🤩
Thanks to Neil, Nic & the coaches/coachees💙
Powerful coaching conversations & inspiring to hear reflections from coaches/coachees!🤩
Thanks to Neil, Nic & the coaches/coachees💙
March 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Incredible day yesterday @academytrust.bsky.social Queen Elizabeth Academy🌈looking at Instructional Coaching using @steplab.bsky.social
Powerful coaching conversations & inspiring to hear reflections from coaches/coachees!🤩
Thanks to Neil, Nic & the coaches/coachees💙
Powerful coaching conversations & inspiring to hear reflections from coaches/coachees!🤩
Thanks to Neil, Nic & the coaches/coachees💙
As we draw day one of our @attinstitute.bsky.social Transformational Leaders Programme to a close, it’s time for our @academytrust.bsky.social participants to reflect on the day, their own leadership styles, and their own journey! What a brilliant first day! 🌟 #TransformingPD
March 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
As we draw day one of our @attinstitute.bsky.social Transformational Leaders Programme to a close, it’s time for our @academytrust.bsky.social participants to reflect on the day, their own leadership styles, and their own journey! What a brilliant first day! 🌟 #TransformingPD
Last week was the mid point of our @attinstitute.bsky.social annual *Leadership Coaching Cycle*💙
Fantastic session with Alison Robb-Webb, further embedding coaching practice & grappling with Immunity to Change!✈️
Feb coaching relationships reset, welcoming all new coachees🤩
#TransformingPD
Fantastic session with Alison Robb-Webb, further embedding coaching practice & grappling with Immunity to Change!✈️
Feb coaching relationships reset, welcoming all new coachees🤩
#TransformingPD
March 3, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Last week was the mid point of our @attinstitute.bsky.social annual *Leadership Coaching Cycle*💙
Fantastic session with Alison Robb-Webb, further embedding coaching practice & grappling with Immunity to Change!✈️
Feb coaching relationships reset, welcoming all new coachees🤩
#TransformingPD
Fantastic session with Alison Robb-Webb, further embedding coaching practice & grappling with Immunity to Change!✈️
Feb coaching relationships reset, welcoming all new coachees🤩
#TransformingPD
Super excited about our @academytrust.bsky.social @attinstitute.bsky.social book club! 📚🤩💙
Getting stuck into this cracker ready to hear from @neilgilbride.bsky.social himself after half term!
#TransformingPD
Getting stuck into this cracker ready to hear from @neilgilbride.bsky.social himself after half term!
#TransformingPD
February 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Super excited about our @academytrust.bsky.social @attinstitute.bsky.social book club! 📚🤩💙
Getting stuck into this cracker ready to hear from @neilgilbride.bsky.social himself after half term!
#TransformingPD
Getting stuck into this cracker ready to hear from @neilgilbride.bsky.social himself after half term!
#TransformingPD
East @attinstitute.bsky.social Launch event for our @academytrust.bsky.social ‘Transpirational Leaders Programme’ with Derek Trimmer & Colour Works
🔴🟡🟢🔵
incredible group of reflective leaders. fantastic afternoon & 2moro sees @attideputy.bsky.social doing the West Launch!
#TransformingPD
🔴🟡🟢🔵
incredible group of reflective leaders. fantastic afternoon & 2moro sees @attideputy.bsky.social doing the West Launch!
#TransformingPD
February 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
East @attinstitute.bsky.social Launch event for our @academytrust.bsky.social ‘Transpirational Leaders Programme’ with Derek Trimmer & Colour Works
🔴🟡🟢🔵
incredible group of reflective leaders. fantastic afternoon & 2moro sees @attideputy.bsky.social doing the West Launch!
#TransformingPD
🔴🟡🟢🔵
incredible group of reflective leaders. fantastic afternoon & 2moro sees @attideputy.bsky.social doing the West Launch!
#TransformingPD
5/5 ‘Reduce Change to Increase Improvement’ by Viviane Robinson
Time defying wisdom which cautions us about our action biases & tendency towards the bypass approach!
Engaging with teachers’ theories of action is an absolute must have skill for anyone implementing anything!!🤩
Time defying wisdom which cautions us about our action biases & tendency towards the bypass approach!
Engaging with teachers’ theories of action is an absolute must have skill for anyone implementing anything!!🤩
February 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
5/5 ‘Reduce Change to Increase Improvement’ by Viviane Robinson
Time defying wisdom which cautions us about our action biases & tendency towards the bypass approach!
Engaging with teachers’ theories of action is an absolute must have skill for anyone implementing anything!!🤩
Time defying wisdom which cautions us about our action biases & tendency towards the bypass approach!
Engaging with teachers’ theories of action is an absolute must have skill for anyone implementing anything!!🤩
4/5 ‘The Coaching Habit’ by Michael Bungay Stanier
It appears that a good solution generated by the person who will enact it, is 100x more powerful than the ‘great’ solution provided by a well meaning leader!
Catch myself all the time & reflect on the wisdom in this book!
It appears that a good solution generated by the person who will enact it, is 100x more powerful than the ‘great’ solution provided by a well meaning leader!
Catch myself all the time & reflect on the wisdom in this book!
February 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
4/5 ‘The Coaching Habit’ by Michael Bungay Stanier
It appears that a good solution generated by the person who will enact it, is 100x more powerful than the ‘great’ solution provided by a well meaning leader!
Catch myself all the time & reflect on the wisdom in this book!
It appears that a good solution generated by the person who will enact it, is 100x more powerful than the ‘great’ solution provided by a well meaning leader!
Catch myself all the time & reflect on the wisdom in this book!
3/5 ‘Building Successful Communities of Practice’ by Emily Webber!
Feel the power of purposeful collaboration & understand the life cycle of professional communities.
We continue to develop our understanding of the importance of collective knowledge! So this is a must read!🤩📕
Feel the power of purposeful collaboration & understand the life cycle of professional communities.
We continue to develop our understanding of the importance of collective knowledge! So this is a must read!🤩📕
February 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
3/5 ‘Building Successful Communities of Practice’ by Emily Webber!
Feel the power of purposeful collaboration & understand the life cycle of professional communities.
We continue to develop our understanding of the importance of collective knowledge! So this is a must read!🤩📕
Feel the power of purposeful collaboration & understand the life cycle of professional communities.
We continue to develop our understanding of the importance of collective knowledge! So this is a must read!🤩📕
2/5 ‘The next big thing in school improvement’ by @profbeckyallen.bsky.social @head-teach.bsky.social & Ben White!
You can’t go back after reading this📕 like choosing the red pill in the matrix!
Get ready to zoom out & view your setting & the education system with new found insight & perspective!
You can’t go back after reading this📕 like choosing the red pill in the matrix!
Get ready to zoom out & view your setting & the education system with new found insight & perspective!
February 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
2/5 ‘The next big thing in school improvement’ by @profbeckyallen.bsky.social @head-teach.bsky.social & Ben White!
You can’t go back after reading this📕 like choosing the red pill in the matrix!
Get ready to zoom out & view your setting & the education system with new found insight & perspective!
You can’t go back after reading this📕 like choosing the red pill in the matrix!
Get ready to zoom out & view your setting & the education system with new found insight & perspective!
1/5 Working at scale, trust/system level has its own joys & challenges!
👋 to everyone who has recently started working beyond the remit of a single school💙
My 4 (📚+📕) book recommendations for trust/system leaders (all quickish reads😅):
👋 to everyone who has recently started working beyond the remit of a single school💙
My 4 (📚+📕) book recommendations for trust/system leaders (all quickish reads😅):
February 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
1/5 Working at scale, trust/system level has its own joys & challenges!
👋 to everyone who has recently started working beyond the remit of a single school💙
My 4 (📚+📕) book recommendations for trust/system leaders (all quickish reads😅):
👋 to everyone who has recently started working beyond the remit of a single school💙
My 4 (📚+📕) book recommendations for trust/system leaders (all quickish reads😅):
Our @academytrust.bsky.social Curriculum & Outcomes leaders at their half termly hybrid community with Ged Rae & Garry Trott🌐
Powerful insights & reflections from the deep & purposeful collaboration shows what can be achieved!💙
Tech solves the problems of geography!
Exciting times ✈️
Powerful insights & reflections from the deep & purposeful collaboration shows what can be achieved!💙
Tech solves the problems of geography!
Exciting times ✈️
January 28, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Our @academytrust.bsky.social Curriculum & Outcomes leaders at their half termly hybrid community with Ged Rae & Garry Trott🌐
Powerful insights & reflections from the deep & purposeful collaboration shows what can be achieved!💙
Tech solves the problems of geography!
Exciting times ✈️
Powerful insights & reflections from the deep & purposeful collaboration shows what can be achieved!💙
Tech solves the problems of geography!
Exciting times ✈️
Today was our ‘Leadership Community Leads’ meeting!✈️
Leads of our @academytrust.bsky.social leadership communities spend time sharing priorities, progress& making deliberate connections between the elements of academy improvement!
Totally inspirational!
💙
#transforminglives
Leads of our @academytrust.bsky.social leadership communities spend time sharing priorities, progress& making deliberate connections between the elements of academy improvement!
Totally inspirational!
💙
#transforminglives
January 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Today was our ‘Leadership Community Leads’ meeting!✈️
Leads of our @academytrust.bsky.social leadership communities spend time sharing priorities, progress& making deliberate connections between the elements of academy improvement!
Totally inspirational!
💙
#transforminglives
Leads of our @academytrust.bsky.social leadership communities spend time sharing priorities, progress& making deliberate connections between the elements of academy improvement!
Totally inspirational!
💙
#transforminglives
Big thank you to all the incredible @academytrust.bsky.social colleagues who joined us this evening @attinstitute.bsky.social to raise awareness of imposter syndrome/feelings.
Was fabulous to hear from Yasmin, @attideputy.bsky.social & Ged
Just remember ‘You’re not an imposter!’💙✈️
#TransformingPD
Was fabulous to hear from Yasmin, @attideputy.bsky.social & Ged
Just remember ‘You’re not an imposter!’💙✈️
#TransformingPD
December 16, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Big thank you to all the incredible @academytrust.bsky.social colleagues who joined us this evening @attinstitute.bsky.social to raise awareness of imposter syndrome/feelings.
Was fabulous to hear from Yasmin, @attideputy.bsky.social & Ged
Just remember ‘You’re not an imposter!’💙✈️
#TransformingPD
Was fabulous to hear from Yasmin, @attideputy.bsky.social & Ged
Just remember ‘You’re not an imposter!’💙✈️
#TransformingPD
Opportunity to reflect on our Secondary approach to pedagogy @academytrust.bsky.social!
Reflections from Garry Trott, Ged Rae and Nicky Hood. Considering the effective underlying strategies that ensure students have a consistently high quality learning experience!✈️💙
#ATTPDDayNov24
Reflections from Garry Trott, Ged Rae and Nicky Hood. Considering the effective underlying strategies that ensure students have a consistently high quality learning experience!✈️💙
#ATTPDDayNov24
November 29, 2024 at 10:09 AM
Opportunity to reflect on our Secondary approach to pedagogy @academytrust.bsky.social!
Reflections from Garry Trott, Ged Rae and Nicky Hood. Considering the effective underlying strategies that ensure students have a consistently high quality learning experience!✈️💙
#ATTPDDayNov24
Reflections from Garry Trott, Ged Rae and Nicky Hood. Considering the effective underlying strategies that ensure students have a consistently high quality learning experience!✈️💙
#ATTPDDayNov24
Here the Nicholas Hamond Academy for the @academytrust.bsky.social @attinstitute.bsky.social Trust Wide PD day! ✈️
An opportunity to hear from Derek Trimmer, Garry Trott and Natalie Deen before engaging in a range of opportunities for all staff across all academies and teams! 💙
#ATTPDDayNov24
An opportunity to hear from Derek Trimmer, Garry Trott and Natalie Deen before engaging in a range of opportunities for all staff across all academies and teams! 💙
#ATTPDDayNov24
November 29, 2024 at 9:25 AM
Here the Nicholas Hamond Academy for the @academytrust.bsky.social @attinstitute.bsky.social Trust Wide PD day! ✈️
An opportunity to hear from Derek Trimmer, Garry Trott and Natalie Deen before engaging in a range of opportunities for all staff across all academies and teams! 💙
#ATTPDDayNov24
An opportunity to hear from Derek Trimmer, Garry Trott and Natalie Deen before engaging in a range of opportunities for all staff across all academies and teams! 💙
#ATTPDDayNov24
Tonight is our @academytrust.bsky.social @attinstitute.bsky.social Fellows training 💙✈️
Excellent session supporting our Fellows, from James and Vicki our professional learning leads,
on creating Environment and Conditions for Learning for our participants 🤩
#TransformingPD ✈️
Excellent session supporting our Fellows, from James and Vicki our professional learning leads,
on creating Environment and Conditions for Learning for our participants 🤩
#TransformingPD ✈️
November 28, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Tonight is our @academytrust.bsky.social @attinstitute.bsky.social Fellows training 💙✈️
Excellent session supporting our Fellows, from James and Vicki our professional learning leads,
on creating Environment and Conditions for Learning for our participants 🤩
#TransformingPD ✈️
Excellent session supporting our Fellows, from James and Vicki our professional learning leads,
on creating Environment and Conditions for Learning for our participants 🤩
#TransformingPD ✈️
Absolute joy working with colleagues across @academytrust.bsky.social yesterday delivering the 2nd in our @attinstitute.bsky.social Pivotal Pedagogy series💙✈️🤩
We considered habits of planning, utilised @walkthrus.bsky.social
resources & applied these skills to our future lessons!
#TransformingPD
We considered habits of planning, utilised @walkthrus.bsky.social
resources & applied these skills to our future lessons!
#TransformingPD
November 27, 2024 at 9:50 AM
Absolute joy working with colleagues across @academytrust.bsky.social yesterday delivering the 2nd in our @attinstitute.bsky.social Pivotal Pedagogy series💙✈️🤩
We considered habits of planning, utilised @walkthrus.bsky.social
resources & applied these skills to our future lessons!
#TransformingPD
We considered habits of planning, utilised @walkthrus.bsky.social
resources & applied these skills to our future lessons!
#TransformingPD
Reflecting on the magnitude of @cstvoice.bsky.social #CSTConf24
Incredible input from sector leaders & beyond!
It’s certainly a time of change yet I am always reassured by the resilience of our dedicated workforce & the collective power we have to make a difference for our young people💙
Incredible input from sector leaders & beyond!
It’s certainly a time of change yet I am always reassured by the resilience of our dedicated workforce & the collective power we have to make a difference for our young people💙
November 9, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Reflecting on the magnitude of @cstvoice.bsky.social #CSTConf24
Incredible input from sector leaders & beyond!
It’s certainly a time of change yet I am always reassured by the resilience of our dedicated workforce & the collective power we have to make a difference for our young people💙
Incredible input from sector leaders & beyond!
It’s certainly a time of change yet I am always reassured by the resilience of our dedicated workforce & the collective power we have to make a difference for our young people💙
Over 100 @academytrust.bsky.social subject experts together with Garry Trott & Ged Rae to launch the improvement priorities for our Curriculum Communities in 24/25 ✈️💙
Such an incredible group! Subject leaders are the power house of school improvement!🤩
#TransformingLifeChances
Such an incredible group! Subject leaders are the power house of school improvement!🤩
#TransformingLifeChances
October 14, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Over 100 @academytrust.bsky.social subject experts together with Garry Trott & Ged Rae to launch the improvement priorities for our Curriculum Communities in 24/25 ✈️💙
Such an incredible group! Subject leaders are the power house of school improvement!🤩
#TransformingLifeChances
Such an incredible group! Subject leaders are the power house of school improvement!🤩
#TransformingLifeChances
Over 100 @academytrust.bsky.social subject experts together with Garry Trott & Ged Rae to launch the improvement priorities for our Curriculum Communities in 24/25 ✈️💙
Such an incredible group! Subject leaders are the power house of school improvement!🤩
#TransformingLifeChances
Such an incredible group! Subject leaders are the power house of school improvement!🤩
#TransformingLifeChances
October 14, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Over 100 @academytrust.bsky.social subject experts together with Garry Trott & Ged Rae to launch the improvement priorities for our Curriculum Communities in 24/25 ✈️💙
Such an incredible group! Subject leaders are the power house of school improvement!🤩
#TransformingLifeChances
Such an incredible group! Subject leaders are the power house of school improvement!🤩
#TransformingLifeChances