Below are a range of blog posts about leadership, and some specifically related to educational leadership, many of these are notes from books I have read.
Difficult Conversations – and the 5 minute Difficult Conversations Plan
One of the areas that leaders at all levels and all industries struggle with is difficult conversations. It is easy to tell people they are doing a good job, it…
RGS Heads of Geography Conference – 11th March 2020
11.50am – 12.45pm Building Leadership Capacity: Middle Manager or Middle Leader? On Wednesday 11th March 2020 I delivered a session at the RGS Heads of Geography Conference. Below you can…
Notes on ‘Inspecting the Curriculum’
In May 2019 Ofsted released their new educational inspection framework; and alongside it a document that explained how they would inspect the curriculum. This document is a brief summary of…
Subject Leadership – Reflective Questions
The majority of this post is a list of questions I wrote for subject leaders considering the progress of their GCSE students (though the questions can easily be adapted for…
Note and Key Takeaway points from ‘The Naked Leader’
This book is a general leadership book and is self-described as ‘The bestselling guide to unlimited success’. It takes a unique approach – as a choose your own adventure book…
Notes from “This Much I know about Mind over Matter…”
John Tomsett, Headteacher at Huntington School in York is one educational blogger you should be following (https://johntomsett.com/); and on Twitter (@johntomsett). Has written two books; the first about his ideas on…
Research Ed National Conference 2017
This weekend I was lucky enough to attend the Research Ed annual conference, and as I work at the host school, I received a free ticket. The below is a…
Notes from ‘Leading from the Edge: A School Leader’s Guide to Recognising and Overcoming Stress’
Stress is something that is prevalent in everyday life, and impacts all school leaders in one way or another. Not only is it important that leaders recognise stress themselves, but…
How school leaders can optimise behaviour.
In March the report ‘Creating a Culture: How School Leaders can optimise behaviour’, was published by Tom Bennett, commissioned by the Department for Education. This is a really interesting document…
Notes from ‘Braveheads’
The book ‘Braveheads’ by Dave Harris is one headteacher’s guide to leadership. Although it is written to guide headteachers there is much that can be applied to any leadership position…