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.

Are school hierarchies killing teacher confidence?
Teaching Practice
- A top-down approach to CPD is stifling teachers’ ability to make changes in the classroom
The teacher supply system isn’t working
Recruitment
- Scotland and Northern Ireland have it sussed - it’s time England caught up with its neighbours
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.
Leadership - highs, lows and stars of the day
SLT
- A one-day diary from first alarm to lights out
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
Leadership - my life as a MAT CEO
SLT
- A one-day diary from alarm to lights out
School leadership - “We don’t waste a moment once we have an idea”
SLT
- CEO Emma Wigmore and School Improvement Lead Becky Fairhead reveal what makes their professional relationship work at the Vine Schools Trust
Job-sharing - how two headteachers make it work, together
SLT
- Claire Regnard and Carrie Christer share how their talents combine within co-headship at Salfords Primary School, Surrey
How to hire the perfect assistant headteacher
Recruitment
- Kindness and a final million-dollar question helped Rebecca Leak recruit a brilliant new leader
“We’re quick to judge education outsiders”
Parental Engagement
- How the army taught David Morris the skills to lead a multi-academy trust