“I used to hear people say about me: ‘Yes he’s a good teacher, but he’s very ambitious’ – as though it’s a bad thing.” James Eldon, 39, headteacher, Manchester Enterprise Academy, Wythenshawe (top 100 most improved schools in England).
When I was asked whether I would be comfortable staying on as head of year following a maternity cover, it was something that needed serious consideration.
The quote above was ringing in my head from a Teaching Leaders conference a few weeks previously. I had just been given another middle leadership role in the form of house leader along with my existing position as head of boys’ PE.
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