When the snow season starts and schools have to deal with snow days, I reflect on my ten years of…
Should heads teach?
A recent Twitter conversation about the advantages and disadvantages of heads having a teaching commitment made me thoughtful. I was…
“You’re a senior leader first and a teacher second…” Really?
I write this post in response to a tweet from @leadingspark a couple of weeks ago, after this comment had…
Marking: Five things I wish I’d known when I started teaching
This post is something I’ve been reflecting on since I read this by Carl Hendrick. What have we learnt during our careers…
Professional failures and what we can learn from them
This post is based on my presentation at #WomenEdWM in Coventry in March 2017. It was a great day – thanks Maria, Hannah and…
The power of networking
I read with great interest a series of posts by participants on a Diverse Leaders: Women in Leadership programme in…
Applying for a job as an internal candidate
My last post was on the topic of performance at interviews. One response to that post when I originally published…
Interviews – the interviewer’s perspective
I’ve had a fair few interviews over the years – for teaching posts, Middle and Senior leader posts, and at…
Applying for leadership roles with confidence
This is the workshop session I led at the #WomenEd event in Reading in October 2016. I talked about leadership…
Headteacher supply
I wrote this originally in response to a piece in TES by Anthony Seldon, in which he talked of establishing…
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