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Good luck to all new heads

Senior leadership
Our headteacher diarist takes some time out of school to reflect on practice, meet old colleagues and welcome some young leaders taking their first steps into headship.

It has been a busy time as I attended and spoke at the excellent SecEd/Headteacher Update Pupil Premium and Ofsted conference recently, I was then out on inspection last week for two days and also spent Friday to Sunday at the Association of School and College Leaders’ annual conference.

This is very unusual for me as, in general, I am in school for the majority of the time. However, there are times when we have to look outwards and gain from hearing and seeing colleagues who are outlining their practice.

I find that these activities are not just useful for the knowledge gained but also for the opportunities to reflect on our own practice without the day-to-day, operational work taking precedence.

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