Edssential article from @joe__kirby :
“School leaders must never forget: nothing is more important than your people”
Paul Bambrick-Santoyo
A speech I heard last year by Dame Sally Coates, headteacher at Burlington Danes Academy, struck me as a great example of striking this balance between results, relationships and renewal. She recommended using a checklist of non-negotiables for leadership teams in inner-city schools. She urged schools to draw up their own checklist, and shared hers as an example: