Leadership

In April 2025, the Department for Education published an updated Areas of Research Interest paper — a significant document not just for researchers, but for school and system leaders. It…

The recent Think Fast, Talk Smart podcast miniseries offers a rich seam of insight for educators. Though ostensibly about spontaneous speaking in high-stakes professions—negotiation, broadcasting, refereeing—it invites us to reconsider…

In my recent post, From Oversight to Insight, I made the case that line-management conversations, when thoughtfully led, can be quietly transformative. They’re not just accountability checkpoints — they’re opportunities…

A well-chaired line management meeting is calm, structured, and quietly transformative. Done well, it doesn’t just support the work – it can shape the culture. It helps people reconnect to…

Few concepts in school leadership provoke as much quiet scepticism as distributed leadership. For many teachers, the idea that "everyone leads" feels less like empowerment and more like exploitation —…