Leadership Development

Find out how to improve your own skills as a headteacher. It could be you want to become a better coach, motivate others or get staff to share in your vision. See what the best heads are doing to improve their practice.

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  Purpose – Use yours to focus activity and motivate staff

  SLT

  • A clear and compelling purpose can drive leadership and collaboration, fostering a culture that motivates every team member, says Neil Jurd...
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  School vision – Why leaders need a clear roadmap

  SLT

  • Success is hard to achieve if you don’t have a well-thought-through end goal in mind and a road map to get there...
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  Leadership in schools – The attributes great headteachers need

  Leadership Development

  • What are the key attributes today’s leaders need to handle the demands of headship?
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  Manager vs leader – Which one are you and does it matter?

  Leadership Development

  • Catherine Carden considers the difference between ‘leadership’ and ‘management’ – and whether the distinction matters...
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  Are school hierarchies killing teacher confidence?

  Teaching Practice

  • A top-down approach to CPD is stifling teachers’ ability to make changes in the classroom
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  The teacher supply system isn’t working

  Recruitment

  • Scotland and Northern Ireland have it sussed - it’s time England caught up with its neighbours
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  Undercover headteacher - Am I good enough to be a school leader?

  SLT

  • Your school chose you because of your skills and your ability to do the job – take comfort and be confident in that.
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  Leadership - highs, lows and stars of the day

  SLT

  • A one-day diary from first alarm to lights out
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  School leadership - why it pays to share the load

  SLT

  • A staffing hierarchy, set by up Emily Proffitt to get her through a new headship at the start of the pandemic, continues to reap benefits to this day
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  Leadership - my life as a MAT CEO

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  • A one-day diary from alarm to lights out