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Learning the hard way to accept the difficulty of leadership

“Where do failed headteachers go?” That was the question keeping Patrick Cozier awake at night as he awaited publication of a critical newspaper article about Highgate Wood School back in 2009. The piece detailed how the school, where he had worked as head for three years, had dropped from ‘good’ to ‘satisfactory’. It was in […]

The Oasis hubs providing a Surer Start for youngsters

Schools will play a key role in hosting the government’s new youth hubs as part of a reimagining of New Labour’s Sure Start scheme. Could Oasis’s school community hubs provide the blueprint for Sure Start 2.0? But rather than focusing on early years support as the former network of children’s centres did, this time the […]