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Recruiting headteachers and senior leaders
These pages will help governors and others make good decisions about leadership for their school. You will find guidance about recruitment as part of longer-term planning, a seven-step recruitment and selection process to help you find a new headteacher and practical tools to support you.
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Taking a marketing approach to leadership recruitment
It can be difficult to recruit a headteacher when there is a shortfall in the number of leaders available, so a marketing-based approach will help, as will some longer-term planning.
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Recruitment process
A seven-step process that will help you recruit the right headteacher for your school.
Publications
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What are we learning about...attracting talented candidates for headship?
Key factors surrounding the issue of targeted headteacher recruitment -
What are we learning about...recruiting primary school headteachers?
Key risk and success factors in recruiting primary school headteachers -
What are we learning about...recruiting leaders for special schools?
Facts and figures behind the special school leadership recruitment market to help succession planners -
Recruiting headteachers: a planning guide for governors
Learning resource to assist governors with recruiting headteachers -
Recruiting headteachers and senior leaders: seven steps to success
An examination of the issues relating to the recruitment of headteachers and senior school leaders and the seven stages in the recruitment process
Interactive resources
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Improving school recruitment (talk2learn highlights)
National College resources: An audio discussion about how the school recruitment and application process can be improved. -
Successful recruitment
National College resources: In this video presentation, a school governor talks about successful recruitment of headteachers. -
Change and school leadership
National College resources: In this video presentation, a school governor shares his views about what makes a good headteacher. -
Looking ahead and preparing for change
National College resources: This video presentation looks at the role played by governors in the leaderhip and management of schools. -
Recruitment and retention
National College resources: A video presentation about the recruitment and retention challenges in school leadership.
Articles
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Recruitment process step 2: defining the need
National College resources: step two in a seven-stage process that will help you recruit the right headteacher for your school. -
Recruitment process step 7: evaluating the process
National College resources: last step in a seven-stage process that will help you recruit the right headteacher for your school. -
Recruitment process step 6: planning for induction
National College resources: step six in a seven-stage process that will help you recruit the right headteacher for your school. -
Recruitment process stage 3: attracting candidates
National College resources: step three in a seven-stage process that will help you recruit the right headteacher for your school. -
Recruitment process step 5: appointing a candidate
National College resources: step five in a seven-stage process that will help you recruit the right headteacher for your school.
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