School leaders, along with their governors or owners, usually create a forward looking and ambitious vision for their school. But often reality does not deliver that vision. Schools do what they have always done and school leaders struggle to connect vision to reality in their institution. This session looks at the factors that make the difference when it comes to world class schools and demonstrates that the best schools are re-imagining what education could be and making it happen on a day to day basis regardless of external factors and pressures.