What makes school leadership effective?
International literature confirms the centrality of leadership to school improvement and student outcomes, and that it most effectively influences school outcomes indirectly through multiple variables (Day and Leithwood 2007[1]; Hallinger and Heck 1999[2]; Southworth 2005[3]). Academic research in this area informs us that "school leadership is second only to classroom teaching as an influence on pupil learning"[4]...