In this column I often talk about what support and training our classroom teachers need, but what about our senior leaders?
The biggest strain for heads is accountability; they can feel overwhelmed by a sense of responsibility for absolutely everyone in school, including pupils, teachers and support staff, and, of course, they feel acutely the pressures from Ofsted and delivering what has felt of late like a barrage of curriculum reforms.
In many cases, they know that their staff cannot work any harder, but they have to fulfil demands from “on high” and it is the head who has to deal that blow and take the inevitable recoil from their staff.
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