School leadership podcast July 2018

This month, we speak to Jill Berry, former head of Dame Alice Harpur school in Bedford, about her new book ‘making the leap: moving from deputy to head’ and how to take the ultimate step in school leadership.  

In this wide-ranging interview, Jill explores the following:  

• The journey of moving from the classroom to middle leadership
  
• The key characteristics of highly effective middle leaders
  
• The fundamental differences between middle and senior leadership
  
• The importance of getting the right people on the bus (inheriting vs inhabiting)
  
• How to choose the correct school for you to lead
  
• How a change of school could keep more people in the profession
  
• The one way to be a great head teacher
  
• What you can do to prepare for a new headship that starts in September.  

You can also listen on iTunes and Spotify.