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Frequently asked questions about models of leadership

The questions in this section have been drawn from school leaders and consultants working with new models of school leadership. Questions are regularly updated with the latest enquiries received by the College. We also formulate questions in order to summarise the discussions that take place in the models of leadership online communities.

Each set of FAQs is grouped by leadership model type. The links below access the most common questions for each model. If a particular model type has many questions, a further link will lead to the full list of FAQs. Each page also has links to allow navigation between FAQs by model type.

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