Looking for Learning as a Middle Leader

As a Head of Department, your days can be filled with unexpected tasks and last minute requests. Whilst the operational side of managing your subject can fill your days, you still need to have an eye on the quality of learning that is happening across your subject. The primary job of any Head of Department …

New to Middle Leadership? Welcome to the balancing act

Much is written about the idealised virtues and skills of senior leaders in education but the role of middle leadership seldom receives the same spotlight and attention. Middle Leaders, particular in larger schools have immense influence on teachers and learning, but also over the success or otherwise of change initiatives and the wider organisational culture. …

Leading effective meetings

Meetings get such a bad rap in most organisations. They can be painful, directionless talkfests which everyone dreads attending. Yet as a middle leader a core part of your role to bring your team together to inform them, discuss contentious issues, or to make collective decisions. In stepping into leading a team, I had to …