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What we know about school leadership

Author: National College
Subject: Leading in different contexts
Audience: Headteachers, Middle leaders and aspiring headteachers
Date of publication: May 2007   |   File format and size: PDF, 426 Kb

There is a substantial amount of evidence about school leadership with a strong focus on how leaders can make a difference. In 2006, after five years of active investigation, the College collated the findings and communicated them in as straightforward a way as possible.

This short report is an overview of what we now know about school leadership.
Included are chapters about:

  • the importance of learning-centred and distributed leadership
  • why succession planning and leadership development is crucial
  • how leadership in schools has changed
  • a summary of the key points raised

As we face these adaptive challenges it looks from this report that not only are changes underway such that leadership development will have to change, but so too will leadership practice. We know a lot about leadership today. This knowledge will be powerful in helping us all adapt to future challenges.