1st Edition

Innovative School Leadership Transforming Practices

Edited By Gill Richards, Chris Wheatley Copyright 2022
162 Pages 8 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

162 Pages 8 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

162 Pages 8 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

Written by school leaders, for school leaders, this book shares the work of ten practising, innovative school leaders. It offers insight into practical school developments that have been researched, trialled and reviewed to demonstrate their success at creating positive change. With each chapter written by experienced school leaders working in a range of contexts, the accounts of the... Read more

Acknowledgements

Author Biographies

Chapter 1 "An overwhelming, scrutinised, roller coaster experience – I love it!": New headteachers’ first 100 days

David S Stewart

Chapter 2 Bottom of the pile?: How does it feel to go to the east desirable school in the area?

David Anderson

Chapter 3 Avoiding headteacher stress

James Brown

Chapter 4 Appraisal and quality assurance – a deeper dive: A holistic approach to changing the culture of performance management

James Hutchinson

Chapter 5 Developing whole-school research

Michael Gorton

Chapter 6 What are you waiting for? Get your school poverty proofed: Breaking the cycle of disadvantage

Chris Wardle

Chapter 7 School exclusion – just a holiday?: What can schools learn from experiences of internal and fixed-term exclusion?

Matthew Sammy

Chapter 8 Schools’ charity work – who benefits?

Leanne Mitchell

Chapter 9 Creating a whole-school curriculum

Laura Wookey

Chapter 10 How to improve outcomes for pupils with SEND

Emily Walker

Index

Biography

Gill Richards is Emeritus Professor of Special Education, Equity and Inclusion at Nottingham Trent University, UK.

Chris Wheatley is CEO of the Flying High Trust, an education Trust of over 30 schools in the East Midlands, UK.