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      • School-to-school support
      • Viewpoint: teaching schools
      • Mentoring: a perfect match?
      • Decision making in uncertain times
      • Viewpoint: capturing the leadership premium
      • Don't be afraid to tackle anything
      • Time to get creative about budgets and resources
      • A special achievement

ldr spring 2011

• Featured articles

• School-to-school support: a recipe for success?

  The best school leaders and their teams will carry more responsibility for school improvement in the vision of the new Schools White Paper. But what approaches lie behind successful school-to-school partnerships? Nick Bannister finds out.

• Viewpoint: why teaching schools will accelerate school improvement

  Plans for a national network of teaching schools amplify and accelerate the partnership approach to school improvement already adopted by many of England’s best school leaders, says National College Chief Executive Steve Munby.

• Mentoring: a perfect match?

  New headteachers, children's centre leaders and directors of children’s services can all get support from a mentor. But the benefits of mentoring go beyond the professional boost it gives the mentee, with the mentors themselves reporting major benefits "back at base" as well as a real boost for their own professional development.

• Other features

• Decision making in uncertain times

  Headteacher Chris Luck says that if you understand the different types and sources of uncertainty, you can make better decisions.

• Viewpoint: capturing the leadership premium

  We’re on our way to capturing the leadership premium, but there’s still some way to go, says Sir Michael Barber.

• "Don't be afraid to tackle anything to get the best for the children"

  Tony Hull, headteacher of Costessey Junior School in Norwich and the Teaching Awards Headteacher of the Year in 2010, takes the ldr questionnaire on leadership.

• Time to get creative about budgets and resources

  The schools best positioned to ride budget and resource cuts will be those that plan ahead – and think creatively. Ros Perry reports.

• A special achievement

  Paul Bennett of the National College takes a look at Achievement for All – an initiative that has been focusing on improving teaching and learning for children with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND).