The Guardian – Daniella Lang
“I started as headteacher at Brimsdown primary school in Enfield, north London, during a troubling time for the school. There had been two requires improvement Ofsted inspections, and it was judged to be in the lowest 10% for year 6 reading progress. The subsequent changes my leadership team and I made – a new English and phonics scheme, for example – and redundancies during the first year left staff morale low. So I made the decision to start a staff wellbeing team, and asked for volunteers from the teaching staff to help. The results have been extraordinary.” (more)