Product reviews for Leadership with a Moral Purpose

Every leadership conference you ever go to talks about -˜vision'. This book tried to talk about vision and also how to put it into place. It really tried to out flesh on a vision that many head teachers believe in, but often fail to achieve.

It is aimed at primary school head teachers and those who aspire to become heads and is the book you wish to read before you became a head and not twelve years later. It is bold and gives the reader great confidence. It really picks out the main areas of importance; Creativity, Leadership, creating a vision, planning and making sure the curriculum is strong and engaging young people and parents. It has great chapter on creating positive attitudes and a real down to earth chapter about Inclusion.

It is filled with some great stories and anecdotes that brings leadership alive and has many charts, questionnaires, grids, and diagrams and all of them are challenging and useful to the serving head. I can see every head using bits of these with their leadership team, parents on inset days and as a challenge to their own thinking.

Will Ryan and Ian Gilbert are passionate about education making a difference and this is clear on every page. They have also worked out some of the key ways in which schools make a difference and Will Ryan uses a lot of his own experience as a head and the journey of change that he has experienced. There is also quotes from everyone from Michael Fullan to Lewis Carroll and these have been well chosen and illustrate some of the key ideas.

The curriculum needs bold and brave people to make it work. This book will help them make the curriculum work for them.