“Great schools rarely go it alone.  The most successful schools are not isolated and              … More

In TES (27 July 2018) Lee Elliot Major & Steve Higgins quote the poet William Blake who said: “You never … More

When I was a head, on one staff day we arranged for Ian Gilbert from ‘Independent Thinking’ to come to … More

Chances are that over the course of your career in teaching, you will come into contact with a wide range … More

A week ago I wrote a post about how leaders can safeguard their own well-being.  I also answered interview questions … More

The key lessons learnt, highlights and formative moments from my first four months of headship could be confused with a … More

When you have a leadership position within a school, at any level, there are two aspects of staff well-being that … More

I have written elsewhere about the importance of establishing the most positive and, I hope, mutually respectful relationship between senior … More

Recently the wonderful Carly Waterman posted a tweet featuring an article by India Knight in The Sunday Times Magazine from … More

Of the six schools in which I worked as a teacher and leader, three were girls’ schools.  My own education … More