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Diary of a headteacher: Entering bandit country

With increasing competition in the school system, the battle to recruit students can feel like the wild west, according to our headteacher diarist

Given the changes we have experienced recently in education, this time of year is especially busy: new specifications, new assessment frameworks, new accountability measures have got teachers and school leaders working at full tilt.

Education has changed significantly in the past six years. With increasing numbers of schools becoming academies and with a clear direction of travel towards a world where all academies are part of multi-academy trusts, competition between schools has increased and it is at the start of an academic year when this can be the most fierce.

But how schools and school leaders behave in this government-engineered competitive marketplace of education can place a strain on relationships between schools and compromise local collaboration.

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