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This book charts the improvement journey of a school from a 'Requires Improvement' Ofsted rating to a resounding 'Good'. It reveals the impact that a school leader can have on the motivation and engagement of teachers, parents and pupils and how this translates to long-lasting school improvement whilst maintaining their own well-being.
List of contents
1. External drivers: Impact of neo-liberalism on schools over 40 years 2. Gaining situational awareness: The creation of the ‘to-do list’ 3. Barriers to success: Why do people become headteachers? 4. Most likely and most dangerous: Expectation and worst-case scenario 5. From external drivers to internal drive: Why we persist, and we must persist! 6. Constraints and limitations: What hurdles must be overcome to ensure success? 7. Implied and specified tasks: Who tells us what we need to do and how? 8. Revising the main effort: Taking stock and resetting the collective focus 9. Choosing the most effective strategy: Right people, resources, outcome! 10. The messy business of human resources: Managing staff, the basics 11. Coordinating the moving parts: Project management for improvement 12. Building culture: How, what and why 13. Financial considerations: The full Monty 14. Academic considerations: Systematic, routine, research-based 15. Warts and all: The messy business of complaints 16. All good now: The world of possibility!
About the author
Victoria Carr is Headteacher at Woodlands Primary School, United Kingdom. She has been a leader in several contexts, from education to the British Army, and held a range of roles from lecturing to headteacher, research fellow to coach. Dr Vic leads with love, and this, her second book, exemplifies how and why!
Summary
This book charts the improvement journey of a school from a ‘Requires Improvement’ Ofsted rating to a resounding ‘Good’. It reveals the impact that a school leader can have on the motivation and engagement of teachers, parents and pupils and how this translates to long-lasting school improvement whilst maintaining their own well-being.
