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Headteachers must never 'go it alone'

Senior leadership
Maggie Farrar urges school leaders not to go it alone ― and looks at how headteachers must lead as part of a team.

There’s never been a more exciting time to become a headteacher. That’s what I told the 300 new heads that gathered in London last week at our National New Heads conference. And yet, as we experience a period of significant change both in education and beyond, many would argue the role is more pressurised than ever before – and certainly not for the faint-hearted.

So why is it exciting you may ask? Because, while this is a period of unprecedented change, it is also a period of significant opportunity, with school leaders at the forefront of this change – the architects of reform. 

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