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The latest thinking from our team of experts and our community of frontline educators.
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What is school leadership?
In this blog series, we will put the concept of school leadership under the spotlight, explore what leaders do and why, and how we might develop their expertise further.
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New approaches for early career teachers and their mentors
Kristy Young, a Fellow at Ambition Institute, discusses the Early Career Framework and our new Early Career Teachers programme.
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Surviving and thriving as an NQT
Fitting everything in is tough, and that goes for everyone, whether you’re new to a job or you’ve been in it for years. But what if we thought harder about our time management and took a deliberate approach to the waking day, not just the working day?
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The First 100 Days of being a CEO or Executive Headteacher
National Schools Commissioner Sir David Carter gives advice on the crucial first 100 days of being a CEO, offering his top ten tips for getting started.
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How are executive heads changing school leadership?
Schools are still working out how executive heads change their leadership structures, bringing ambiguity and opportunities.
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School improvement in multi-academy trusts
There are big variations in performance between academy chains – both independent research and DfE analysis confirm this. So what is it that the most consistently high performing multi-academy trusts (MATs) are doing that makes them successful?
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