How can we make school leadership more sustainable? — Professor Toby Greany

Toby will share and discuss emerging findings from a three-year study of Sustainable School Leadership, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. The research is exploring approaches to the recruitment, development and support of senior school leaders – particularly headteachers – in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Toby will explore the factors that drain and sustain leaders in role and will explore implications for trusts and Local Authorities as well as leaders themselves. Attendees will be invited to help identify implications and recommendations for how school leadership can be made more sustainable.

About the speaker:

Toby's research is focused on how policy and practice interact to shape educational opportunities and outcomes, in particular across MAT’s, local systems and through networks, and the nature and role of leadership in these processes.  Toby was previously Professor of Leadership and Innovation at UCL's Institute of Education (UCL IOE). In the past he has worked for the NCSL, Design Council, Campaign for Learning and the Cabinet Office. He chairs the Greater Manchester  PEIA Board on behalf of the DfE. He is a Fellow of the CCoT and sits on a number of advisory and steering groups. In 2005-06 he was Special Adviser to the House of Commons Education and Skills Select Committee.

Toby has written over 100 journal articles, book chapters and reports on issues relating to school and educational leadership. His most recent books include: School leadership and education system reform (2nd edition, Bloomsbury, 2021, co-edited with Peter Earley) and Leading Educational Networks: Theory, Policy and Practice (Bloomsbury, 2022, co-authored with Annelies Kamp).