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Diary of a headteacher: Making tough decisions

Senior leadership
Reflecting on his first year as head, our diarist focuses on three key components –  emotional intelligence, sound educational moral values, and trusting his intuition

In these final few weeks of term I have been reflecting on my first year as a head. I have been thinking back to the goals I set myself, my “first 100 day of headship plan”, and whether or not I think I have achieved what I set out to do.

I have received some great advice and I have learnt a great deal, both through experience and through taking up a more research and theory-based approach to leadership. I’ve definitely got some things wrong, which I have realised with the benefit of hindsight, but on the whole I think my judgement and decision-making has been pretty good. 

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