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Cracking the variation enigma
NCSL’s Leadership Network has been studying within school variation (WSV) – why children in a school perform at different levels in different subjects – since 2003 with more than 50 schools taking part.   Cracking the variation code image
How we did it: middle class
When Alice Sammons arrived as assistant headteacher at The Duston School, Northampton, in September 2005, it had been in an Ofsted category for four years.   How we did it: middle class image
Leadership to the power of many
Christian Cavanagh was a vice principal at Kemnal Technology College in Bromley when, one wet Friday afternoon, he took a call from his principal John Atkins.   Leadership to the power of many image
The legacy leaders
The options are open for time-served heads who’d rather stay in the system than head for retirement. It’s a big personal bonus for them and a boon for schools developing the next generation of leaders, as Jan Murray finds out. The legacy leaders image
Work-life balance
Accountability, pressure, stress, deadlines, targets: the inevitable result over any extended period of time is an invidious choice that includes breakdown, disaffection and some degree of burnout. Work-life balance
 
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