Reading time, 2 minutes: How do small school headteachers juggle multiple roles and responsibilities? Small school headteachers take on leadership, site maintenance, pastoral care, and part-time teaching. How do they manage, and what lessons can we learn from their experiences? One head teacher, many hats! While visiting a school in Crosthwaite, Cumbria, I saw first-hand the unique pressures of […] Reading time, 2 minutes: How do small school headteachers juggle multiple roles and responsibilities? Small school headteachers take on leadership, site maintenance, pastoral care, and part-time teaching. How do they manage, and what lessons can we learn from their experiences? One head teacher, many hats! While visiting a school in Crosthwaite, Cumbria, I saw first-hand the unique pressures of Early Years Foundation, Leadership (Senior), Primary Teaching, Cognitive Science, Crosthwaite, Cumbria, Curriculum Planning, education leadership, Education Policy, headteacher workload, mixed-age classes, multi-role leadership, Neuroeducation, Ofsted, primary education, rural education, school efficiency, School Funding, school leadership, school strategy, small schools, teacher CPD, teacher efficiency, teacher resilience, workload management TeacherToolkit
Why Small School Headteachers Keep Education Alive
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