This past weekend we enjoyed an excellent ASCL annual conference with more than 1,000 delegates on the theme of “Positive Leadership”. As our president, Mike Griffiths, said in his address, positive leaders inspire, motivate, energise and unite the team around them.
I recognise, and I said in my conference speech, that staying positive is not easy for school leaders in today’s education climate, with so much uncertainty over the future of the curriculum, qualifications, funding and accountability.
However, I have seen some green shoots of optimism, in that there seems to be a growing consensus, among those people who possess expertise and knowledge, about what needs to happen for the UK to meet the global challenges facing us and our young people, now and in the coming years.
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