Leadership and management

There is now a good deal of evidence to confirm the view that in any school the leadership determines the quality of what happens (e.g. Fullan and Stiegelbauer 1991, Mortimore et al. 1988). It is, of course, possible to find excellent teachers in indifferent schools, but unusual to find work of quality taking place throughout the school unless the headteacher and others in larger schools are offering appropriate leadership.