ln the final article of his three-part series on making the step up to a senior leadership post, school leader Phil Denton discusses how to succeed when interviewing for an SLT post

In this three part article I am outlining the experiences I have had in securing senior leadership positions. A successful three-step process for me is as follows:

I have already detailed how I have implemented step one when searching for a post that best suited me and last week I discussed how to make effective application.

We now arrive at the interview stage – those charged and tiring days which fill us with a cocktail of emotions from start to finish. There is the nervousness of the unknown mixed with the sprinkle of excitement for what might be. Managing these emotions is your first challenge for the day.

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