
Before I took up post as headteacher, I was associate headteacher for a number of years. This was in another school in a different London borough. I honestly thought I’d seen everything in those nine years. But well into my second year of headship and it is abundantly clear that I am still learning every day.
As associate head, I joined a well-known leadership development programme. The men in my group were all existing headteachers. There were many more men on the course than women, although the organisers had tried hard to ensure the participants were representative. It was interesting to see how few women had put their heads above the parapet.
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