She was just 31 and the youngest
secondary headteacher in the country when she became Principal of Oasis Academy John Williams in January 2009.
Caroline Barlow is
a secondary headteacher at Heathfield Community College in East Sussex, and Binks Neate - Evans is a primary headteacher at West Earlham Infant and Nursery School in Norwich
Expanding on his concern that British values are not shared by all members of society,
a secondary headteacher of a London school argued that tolerance of and inclusion of different groups only had «real value» and meaning in London, which as a city is «very ethnically diverse».
Richard Thomas, the executive director of
secondary headteacher associations in Essex and Suffolk and organiser of the surveys, said that post-16 funding for secondary schools had been slashed by up to a fifth since 2010.
The group includes representatives from Essex County Council, the Association of
Secondary Headteachers in Essex (ASHE), the Essex Primary Headteachers» Association (EPHA), Essex Special School Education Trust (ESSET) and the Diocese of Chelmsford Vine Schools Trust.
Falling retenion rates mean one in ten
secondary headteachers now leave their roles every year, a new analysis has revealed, with large multi - academy trusts posting the biggest turnover.
My colleague Richard Riddell's recent work interviewing
secondary headteachers on this issue, to be presented at the British Educational Research Association conference, has shown that they regard local authorities as «largely irrelevant».
Not exact matches
However, Young has nothing special to add here: there are many
headteachers and administrators up and down the country with vastly more experience of
secondary education governance than he has.
Only 104
secondary school
headteachers in the UK are from Black Minority Ethnic (BME) backgrounds in the UK — that's...
The gender ratio for all
secondary school teaching staff in England suggests that this should instead be closer to 2,330 female
headteachers.
The Oxford Open Learning Trust researched official statistics from the Department for Education, which show that 63 per cent of all teaching staff in English state funded
secondary schools are female - including
headteachers.
1) Hand over responsibility — The Huffington Post recently ran a story about a
secondary school in Colchester, where the
headteacher decided to ditch traditional homework in favor of a more relaxed approach.
The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) surveyed 460
secondary school
headteachers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in January.
The great comprehensive school
headteacher knows that a «one size fits all» model of
secondary education will never deliver the range of success that their youngsters need.
Lisa describes the negative comments made to her by Nathan's primary
headteacher about his transition into
secondary school, stating that he would «never make it».
Only 38 per cent of
headteachers at state
secondary schools in England are women, despite the majority of teachers at those schools being female, according to new research.
Only 104
secondary school
headteachers in the UK are from Black Minority Ethnic (BME) backgrounds in the UK — that's just 3 %.
The worst - off in terms of workload were
headteachers in
secondary schools, who recorded an average of 63 hours and 20 minutes a week.
Lately
Headteacher, Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic
Secondary School, London.
Blaming a lack of improvement in the worst - performing areas of the country on a «lack of political will», Sir Michael will say there is «urgent need» for a London challenge - style approach by MPs, council bosses and
headteachers «to raise
secondary school standards in towns across the north and midlands».
Ian Widdows, founder of the National Association of
Secondary Moderns and deputy
headteacher at Giles Academy in Lincolnshire, told Schools Week: «We are yet again faced with a scenario that disproportionately focuses on those schools with lower ability intakes.
It looks like a busy five years for Nicky Morgan: 500 new free schools, an extra 17,500 maths and physics teachers needed, new
headteachers for schools «requiring improvement», and the academisation of failing and coasting
secondary schools.
And Rosemary Pritchard, deputy
headteacher at St Margaret Ward Catholic
secondary academy in Stoke - on - Trent, said pupils» behaviour had improved since staff were trained in emotion coaching and pupils learnt about the basic neuroscience of emotion.
The average salary for an academy
headteacher has risen by nearly five per cent in 12 months, and the pay packet for primary school leaders is slowly catching up with that of their
secondary peers.
Reed is
headteacher of Ashlawn School, a comprehensive
secondary with a selective stream in Rugby.
The views and practices of lower
secondary teachers and their
headteachers in England, compared with other countries.
Our feedback so far has been extremely positive with
Headteachers (Primary and
Secondary), school business managers, senior leaders and education funding consultants from across the country confirming the relevance, timeliness and unique nature of the material.
Dr Creaby is Deputy
Headteacher at Sandringham, an Ofsted - rated «Outstanding»
secondary school in Hertfordshire, which leads on a number of key national programmes.
The attached letter, formulated by
secondary and high school
headteachers in Northumberland, details the funding concerns facing our schools.
If the senior leader is aspiring to headship, or is a deputy
headteacher in
secondary / deputy or assistant
headteacher in primary, this person is likely to be more suited to NPQH
Simon Knight, deputy
headteacher at Frank Wise school in Oxford (pictured), said he was worried that multi-academy trusts (MATs) saw
secondary and primary schools as their «leader» and «struggles to see» where special schools would «fit in within that community».
«It is shocking that almost half of
secondary school students in England are taught in schools where the
headteacher believes that staff shortages are hindering learning.
In
secondary schools, senior leaders will have roles such as assistant
headteacher or assistant / vice-principals