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Diary of a headteacher: Getting recruitment right

You live and die by your appointments and our headteacher diarist is discovering the challenges of being the one who has to make that final decision...

There is no doubt in my mind that one of the most important things to get right as a head is recruitment.

Now that we have come back to work following the Christmas break, the number of vacancies in the education sector tends to rise and the recruitment season for schools really kicks off.

I have always followed the mantra that “you live and die by your appointments”, and getting the right people into the right positions is undoubtedly one of the most effective ways of improving a school.

Get the recruitment process right and appoint the right candidate and the effect on the educational provision for students can really be life-changing.

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