School Leadership, Management & Administration

Originally published in 1991. Consisting of contributions from practitioners in the field of school improvement, development and advisory work, this book is to help advisory and support personnel understand the process of school improvement and explore the management and development of this work due..

Explores all the vital aspects of the senior school manager’s job from day to day, ideal as a career guide to aspiring managers as well as a practical manual for current managers on how to optimise their effectiveness...

Many headteachers will face the problem of ineffective teachers at some point in their working lives. This book shows them what procedures should be followed during this difficult period...

Most teachers now find that they experience stress at some point during their careers. The findings of this report, commissioned by the NASUWT, examine the problem of teacher stress and offers some hope and advice for those who experience it...

Originally published in 1987. This book argues that, although teaching and managing are inseparable, they are not necessarily indistinguishable activities and that important non-teaching roles can be identified through critical analysis of practice in different educational contexts...

Using aesthetics as a theoretical framework for thinking about leadership issues, this book highlights the importance of aesthetics in today’s international, educational settings...

Originally published in 1945. This book is concerned with the secondary school as it developed since the 1902 Education Act...

This discussion of public school choice considers school choice at all levels. It argues that choice programmes: promote inequity rather than improved quality; are expensive; require a large bureaucracy to administer; and do not necessarily lead to better education...

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This highly practical and accessible resource explains the Disability Discrimination Act (1995) and the more recently released Equality Act (2010), in a way that will encourage all members of staff within a school to feel confident that they are correctly implementing its requirements...

This book is designed to help teachers to deal with and resolve the most awkward situations within a school in the most effective and ethical ways...

This edited volume examines the intersection of international achievement testing and education policy development in key countries around the world, exploring how assessments can inform curriculum, pedagogy, strategic planning, and ultimately determine large-scale education policy and governance...