Making the move from middle to senior leadership in the secondary school can be daunting and challenging. Tiffnie Harris looks at five ways to navigate these challenges successfully
Fine line: When stepping up to senior leadership avoid creating a culture of ‘us and them’ but retain a clear delineation of roles and responsibility - Adobe Stock

Making the step-up into senior leadership is undoubtedly an exciting opportunity but it can also be a daunting prospect. Taking on a promotion from middle to senior leader within the same school can throw up some unique challenges. So how best can we navigate these?

Whether you have many years of experience stacked up behind you or have been in middle management for a shorter period of time, you will almost certainly have made some solid and trusted relationships with other colleagues along the way.

Moving up an internal promotional ladder might bring with it issues that you were not expecting that can be a distraction from the job at hand.

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