Product reviews for Leadership with a Moral Purpose

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Though aimed at primary school leaders, there is much here that appeals to those of us in the secondary sector. I particularly liked the chapter on creating a vision for the best classrooms. Secondary teachers don't own their classrooms in the way primary colleagues do, but there is much to be learned about making the environment work.

The tables of key features of -˜hopeful' and -˜woeful' classroom cultures will be used as a discussion tool for my teachers this term I Its plain and simple advice is easy to follow and difficult to ignore.

It was the chapter on Leading with a Moral Purpose that made the biggest impact, however, reminding me about why I became a headteacher in the first place. The -˜insideout' school is the ideal - one driven by a clear moral purpose, as opposed to an -˜outside-in' school which is running to keep up with pressure from outside.

An easy read with clear, practical advice, this book has no pretensions to be an academic text - just the sort of educational book I like to read! I recommend it.