During my first 18 months of headship I have learnt a great deal. I’ve developed a much greater understanding of school finances and I’ve definitely had my suspicions about school improvement confirmed; by that I mean I now know for sure that the only way of really improving outcomes for young people is to focus on the things that matter – learning and teaching.
However, there are many distractions that often get in the way of our core business as school leaders and it can be easy to get side-tracked. There are also many other aspects of school leadership that I wasn’t particularly exposed to until I became a headteacher.
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