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Sustainable school leadership: comparing approaches to the training, supply and retention of senior school leaders across the UK.
Project description
Project Lead:听
Professor Toby Greany听
Duration:
1/12/2022 鈥� 30/11/2025听(36 months)
Organisation:
听University of Nottingham
Research theme:听听
- teaching and learning, with a focus on teachers and their听recruitment, retention and professional development听听
The four nation focus:听
- UK/ Northern Ireland/ Scotland/ England/ Wales听
Project overview
- Aims
This study will research approaches to the supply, development听and retention of senior school leaders across the four UK nations.听 It asks how well these approaches take account of individual, local and systemic needs, in particular in relation to the sustainability of leadership supply, its diversity, equity, quality and fitness for the future?
- Description
The project will assess leadership development approaches for primary and secondary schools across the UK and will explore how these can be enhanced. Methods will include interviews with policy makers and leadership development experts, secondary analysis of existing datasets, place-based case studies and surveys of leaders. Comparative findings and recommendations will be disseminated to research, policy and practice audiences, including through web-based resources that can be used to enhance local and national leadership succession planning.
- Project听partners
The national Advisory Groups are key to our engagement approach. We have secured commitment from the following lead partner organisations:
- England: National听Association of Head Teachers,听Association of School and College Leaders
- Scotland: Education Scotland
- Northern Ireland:听Queens University, BELMAS.听听
These partners will help us recruit representative Advisory Group memberships in each nation. 听
- Partnership听plans
We will work with the lead organisations listed above to develop advisory group membership in each country.听
- Researchers
- Professor Toby Greany (PI);听University of Nottingham
- Professor Pat Thomson (Co-PI); University of Nottingham
- Dr Tom Perry (Co-I); University of Warwick听
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