Last week we published the final report of our 3-year study into Sustainable School Leadership. You can read it here.
We have also recorded a series of podcasts bringing together researchers, policymakers and school leaders from across England Scotland and Northern Ireland to explore the big themes in the research.
Listen to the episodes on our podcast page, or follow the links there to your favourite streaming platform.
Across the series we examine how personal identity shapes leadership practice confidence and career choices with Dr Tom Perry from the research team, Gurpall Badesha, Deputy Headteacher at Crofton School in Hampshire and current Vice President of the Association of School and College Leaders, and Dr Caitlin Donnelly, Reader in Education at Queen’s University Belfast and a specialist in educational leadership and school governance in Northern Ireland.
We look at how place influences the realities of leadership across rural, coastal and urban contexts with Professor Pat Thomson from the research team, Brigid Heron, Principal of Sperrin Integrated College in Magherafelt, Northern Ireland, providing a perspective on leading within complex, divided communities, and Laurence Findlay, Director of Education and Social Services in Aberdeenshire and President of the Association of Directors of Education in Scotland (ADES).
We explore how leaders are responding to growing care responsibilities as wider social needs intensify with Professor Toby Greany from the research team, Carolyn Roberts: Former Headteacher of Thomas Tallis School in Greenwich and a leading voice on ethical leadership and the “human” side of school management, and Professor Tony Gallagher, emeritus Professor of Education at Queen’s University Belfast and an expert on the role of schools in divided and disadvantaged communities.
Finally, we consider the policy and system changes needed to make school leadership more sustainable across the UK with Professor Toby Greany again, Baroness Mary Bousted, former Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union (NEU) and a leading voice on educational policy and teacher wellbeing, James Bowen, Assistant General Secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), representing school leaders across the UK, and Alison Mitchell an experienced former headteacher and Professional Learning and Policy Officer for School Leaders Scotland.
Our guests amplify the research, challenge assumptions and offer fresh and sometimes unexpected insights into what the future of school leadership may demand.
Sustainable School Leadership 