Making the Leap: Moving from deputy to head by Jill Berry

My first thoughts when I received this book was that the crevice over which the person on the cover...

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Opinion

We must mend the primary and secondary split in education leadership

If primary and secondary leaders better understood each other’s phases, children would be better prepared for the move from...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor

Understanding Leadership: Challenges and reflections

John West-Burnham and Libby Nicholas are what I would describe as big players in the Education scene with a...

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Opinion

Best books of 2016 for teachers and school leaders

The best books 2016 had to offer, chosen by Schools Week features editor, Cath Murray.   1. Don’t Send...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter

Powerhouse: Insider accounts into the world’s top high-performance organisations

Any leader worth their salt spends most of their time seeking to gain insights into the successes and failures...

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News

Thanks? No thanks: Why only 1 teacher received a thank you letter from the education secretary

The government has written one thank-you letter to a retired teacher in the past four years, despite launching a...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Features

Tuesday Humby, principal, Ormiston Chadwick academy

Never in a month of Tuesdays did I think Bankfield, a comprehensive in my home town and well-known as...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
News

New group to boost status of ethnic minority teachers

A networking and events group aimed at encouraging more black, Asian and ethnic minority candidates into teaching and headship...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
News

Non-teachers should be hired to plug school leader shortage, says report

Schools should hire business people with no classroom experience for non-teaching executive roles to plug an expected shortage of...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden