A few years ago I read Owen Eastwood’s wonderful book “Belonging.” Even though Eastwood wrote more from a sporting leadership/culture perspective I found his book perfectly captured all that I believed to be important with regards to the purpose of a school and of school leadership. It was profoundly rewarding and comforting to see what I held so dear articulated so clearly and logically. If you are feeling a bit despondent right now [hardly surprising] and have yet to read t

I made a decision to not say too much online about the current storm raging around our profession. Mainly because others were articulating the concerns much better than I could and so I saw very little need to add more ‘noise’ that would risk clouding the picture. So first up, I would like to thank again the brave voices who have been pushing back on our behalf. However, reading recent posts from the likes of Kylie Hogan and Bee Thomas [and others] on Disrupted and other foru

You can bruise, confuse us even lie about us But you will never defeat us. Just my end of term voice of support and appreciation for all...