ABSTRACT
The experience arising from our association with the management programmes provided by the Management and Professional Development Unit of the University of Sussex leads us to believe that a range of case studies written by Headteachers who have taken part in the programmes may serve to illuminate and inform the essential principles of the management role of a Primary School Headteacher. The programmes to which we principally refer are the One Term Training Opportunity (OTTO) initiatives, attended by experienced Heads, and the 20-day programmes designed by them as part of their full-time term release. Such programmes are now implemented under alternative funding, but the acronym ‘OTTO’ has been retained to denote the particular features of these programmes.
