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Have you known excellent classroom practitioners who have failed to make the transition to successful school leadership – as Middle Leaders, Senior Leaders, or heads?  Have you… Read more “Will a good teacher automatically make a good leader?”

The wonderful Jaz Ampaw-Farr speaks in a compelling and moving way about the difference teachers can make to the lives of students, and she talks about these… Read more “Because of you…”

I have written #nurture posts for the last few years (#nurture1617 is here), and love the opportunity to reflect on the year which is ending and anticipate… Read more “#Nurture1718”

I was interested to read this post from Mark Anderson (@ICTEvangelist) in the summer on the subject of taking a break from Twitter.  It made me thoughtful (as… Read more “Having a break from Twitter”

When the snow season starts and schools have to deal with snow days, I reflect on my ten years of headship and my experience of this particular… Read more “Snow days”

A recent Twitter conversation about the advantages and disadvantages of heads having a teaching commitment made me thoughtful.  I was a head for thirty years, and taught… Read more “Should heads teach?”

I write this post in response to a tweet from @leadingspark a couple of weeks ago, after this comment had been made and they wondered what others… Read more ““You’re a senior leader first and a teacher second…” Really?”

This post is something I’ve been reflecting on since I read this by Carl Hendrick. What have we learnt during our careers that might be of benefit to our… Read more “Marking: Five things I wish I’d known when I started teaching”

This post is based on my presentation at #WomenEdWM in Coventry in March 2017. It was a great day – thanks Maria, Hannah and everyone involved in its organisation.  I love #WomenEd… Read more “Professional failures and what we can learn from them”