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Effective job hunting

Top practical tips for supporting the career aspirations of staff as they prepare to move schools read more

Focus on well-being for professional development

CPD Week looks at opportunities to support school staff holistically, through effective structures for professional development

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Accentuate the positive!

Each of us is affected by our own environment. Behaviour Matters explores the importance of well-being and the effects it can have on behaviour in the classroom read more

Headteachers and small schools

Angela Youngman talks to heads of small schools around the country and gains an overview of the challenges and pleasures of the job read more

Speaking school finances: making mistakes

To err is human, to forgive, divine... Ruth Bradbury ponders the fallibility of senior leaders read more

All in the name of duty: seeking sponsorship

Dough balls and garlic bread...why does an assistant head find herself negotiating event sponsorship on a Saturday and why are schools having to attract sponsorship to gain specialist status in the first place? read more

Making time for intimacy

Waiting for the birth of her second baby boy, drama teacher and head of emotional literacy Julie Leoni reflects on the difference between teacher time and mummy time read more

Coping with stress: school leaders

Time is a strictly limited resource – we all have 168 hours in a week. The fact that some people seem to manage to get things done and have time to relax is not down to how they manage their time – it is down to how they manage themselves, argues Steve Mynard read more

The rise of the career of a deputy headteacher

David Morley, a deputy headteacher for the last five years, examines the challenges facing deputy heads in the 21st century, how the role of deputies has changed in recent years and why fewer deputy heads are moving on to headship read more

Flexible working at school and at home

What happens when your child AND your partner are both at home sick? Secondary drama teacher Julie Leoni discusses the issues raised by her experiences read more

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