Successful School Leadership Linking with Learning

This book examines the nature of successful school leadership - what is it, what does it look like in practice and what are the consequences for schools and pupils. As well as providing a contemporary overview of international research and thinking about successful school leadership, it identifies similar and distinguishing features of successful leadership in different sectors; between heads of different experience; and between schools in different socio-economic circumstances. It introduces the notions of 'layered leadership' and 'progressive trust' as key features of successful leadership. Additionally it discusses issues of sustainability and resilience in successful school leadership. Finally it considers how successful school leadership connects to pupil success, exploring the leadership strategies used by successful heads in a range of primary and secondary schools whose pupil attainment results had improved over a three year period during their headship.

Christopher Day is Professor Emeritus at the School of Education in the University of Nottingham, Uk. Pam Sammons is a Professor of Education at the Department of Education, University of Oxford and a Senior Research Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford, Uk. Ken Leithwood is Professor Emeritus of Educational Leadership and Policy at Oise/University of Toronto, Canada. David Hopkins is Professor Emeritus at the Institute of Education, University of London, Uk. Qing Gu, is an Associate Professor in the School of Education, University of Nottingham, UK. Eleanor J. Brown is a Research Associate and PhD student in the School of Education, University of Nottingham, Uk. Elpida Ahtaridou is a Principal Researcher at Lsn (Learning and Skills Network), Uk.