The role of heads and principals has changed enormously in the last decade, and it will continue to evolve as schools and colleges receive more autonomy, extended schools come into being and collaboration becomes more necessary, |
There must be a strong suspicion that this is a ruse to increase the number of schools that can be turned into academies, so that the Prime Minister's target of 200 academies can be met. |
They are having to spend far too much time on form-filling, bidding for different pots of money, responding to centrally-driven target-setting regimes instead of being given enough freedom and flexibility to be able to move their own school in the direction it needs to go. |
This is not a case of novice heads or those with a poor track record and poor management skills being called to task. These are experienced heads, |
This is very far from the Prime Minister's vision of schools being more independent from local authorities. |
We are looking at all our options to see what is best for the town, ... I'm glad we are not moving quickly because it gives us time to see what's going on with the FBI. |
We want to see more support for parents in improving children's diets at home and more pressure on the food industry to advertise responsibly. |
When the teacher shortage was at its worst, unqualified teachers were allocated most often to lessons for 11 to 14-year-olds and so this age group was hit disproportionately hard. |
With so many external pressures, heads and principals will need to delegate more authority and leadership teams will grow in importance. |