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Five things I have learnt as a headteacher this year

Senior leadership
Our headteacher diarist offers the five things he has learnt after his 10th year as a headteacher...

John Tomsett writes a fascinating headteacher blog entitled This much I know about... This thoughtful, often searingly honest account of being a headteacher details the euphoria and many challenges of leading a school. 

I like this journal for the generosity of his ideas, assemblies accompanied by music I have heard of, and for the moments of meltdown that I can empathise with – the tears of frustration and anxiety at English GCSE results, the feeling of failure as a father and despair at this all-consuming job, the privilege and the awe and wonder of working with so many awesome colleagues and lovely students. It is worth a read!

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