Many people assert that headship can be a lonely existence. As the headteacher, you carry a huge responsibility on your shoulders, and although this comes with the territory, dealing with this effectively is a crucial aspect of leadership.
A successful head will build a team around them that they can distribute leadership responsibilities to, but ultimately the buck stops with you and there will inevitably be times in every academic year where this weight becomes a heavy burden.
From my own personal experience, one of the biggest challenges I found when I first became a headteacher was dealing with the fact that I was responsible for everything, but it wasn’t me actually delivering it all. If something went wrong, it went wrong on my watch, and although it might not have been my mistake or oversight, I would take collective responsibility for it because as the headteacher it was my responsibility to ensure all members of my team were effectively delivering in all aspects of their roles.
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