In a rapidly changing educational climate, leadership is more crucial than ever to school performance. Internal capacity and effective partnerships are essential to navigate through change and meet the ever-growing and changing demands of stakeholders, including policy-makers and children.
Drawing on a wealth of research, Exploring the School Leadership Landscape critically considers the ways in which school leadership and its practice have evolved, exploring what has changed and what has remained the same over the last decade. Both empirically and theoretically informed, it covers:
- the relationship between leadership and student learning
- school autonomy, accountability and the market
- leadership and governance
- leadership intensification and distribution
- new models including system leadership.
This book is essential reading for school leaders, policy-makers and students, and provides a comprehensive exploration of the changing leadership landscape for anyone concerned about the future of our schools.

Peter Earley is Emeritus Professor of Education Leadership and Management in the IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK.

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List of Tables
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
1. Setting the Scene
2. School Autonomy and Government Control: A Changing Policy Landscape, Rob Higham (Institute of Education, University of London, UK)
3. The Demography of School Leadership, Rebecca Allen (Institute of Education, University of London, UK) and Shenila Rawal (Institute of Education, University of London, UK)
4. Current Models of Leadership and Future Challenges
5. Governing Bodies
6. The Balance between Operational and Strategic Leadership
7. How School Leaders Work to Improve Teaching and Learning
8. Leadership Skills and Capabilities: Training and Development
9. Future Challenges and School Leadership
References
Index