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Diary of a headteacher: Nurturing leadership experiences

With our schools’ young workforce, promotion can happen quickly, leading – perversely – to a lack of genuine leadership development opportunities...

One of the most challenging aspects of leadership is developing the people around you to become as effective as you are. This is not a statement to highlight how great or successful I am as a teacher or leader, however it is something I have been saying to middle and senior leaders for some time now.

I recently had a conversation with a very effective middle leader; someone who should be working on a senior leadership team very soon. When I explained this concept to him, he smiled and said: “You’re right, and that can be either the most rewarding or most frustrating part of my current role.”

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