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      • Up to the challenge
      • CPD: Protect and thrive
      • Rural strides
      • Independent state of mind
      • Letting children be children
      • The trouble with gangs
      • Need to know: System leadership
      • Viewpoint: Time to puncture the zero risk myth
      • On leadership: Keep the focus on the classroom
      • Practical steps: How to... become a sustainable school

ldr June 2010

The prospect of reduced resources is a challenge – but it's also a time laden with opportunity. In this issue we look at the leadership qualities that will help bring organisations like yours through challenging times ahead. And remember, if you are a College member you can now discuss issues raised in the current issue with fellow readers – as well as make comments and suggestions for future ldr content to the editor – in our new online network.

(ldr June 2010 is also available as a PDF)

• Cover story

• Up to the challenge

  Angela Spencer looks at some of the leadership qualities that will help bring organisations through challenging times ahead.

• Feature articles

• CPD: Protect and thrive

  Budget squeezes are looming, but professional development is one of the areas that shouldn’t be seen as an “easy economy”, writes Jeremy Sutcliffe.

• Rural strides

  Heads of small rural schools are finding that they are not alone, writes Julie Nightingale.

• Independent state of mind

  Leaders of state and independent schools are discovering that they have a lot to learn from each other. Lucie Carrington reports.

• Letting children be children

  Is society preventing children from being actively involved in determining their own lives? Leaders from across schools, children’s centres and children’s services met to discuss the question, and Angela Spencer was there.

• The trouble with gangs

  If a community has a gang problem its schools can often be at the sharp end. What strategies are leaders using to tackle the problem? Dorothy Lepkowska talks to a deputy head who is researching the issue.

• Regular features

• Need to know: System leadership

  New research reveals that today’s school leaders are more likely to work beyond their own schools in leadership development and support roles than ever before.

• Viewpoint: It's time to puncture the zero risk myth

  It’s time to puncture the zero risk myth, says children’s campaigner Tim Gill.

• On leadership: Keep the focus on the classroom

  We probe leaders in schools, children’s centres and children’s services about their approach to leadership.

• Practical steps: How to... become a sustainable school

  Thinking of going green? Here’s advice from leaders on how to start your school’s journey towards a more sustainable future.