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So, you want to be an academy trust leader? This book shows you how.

Sir David Carter started his career as a music teacher in several comprehensive schools before spending thirty years in school leadership before becoming one of the first Regional Schools Commissioners and then National School Commissioner.

He knows what it feels like to be responsible for multiple schools and how the best leaders make large-scale collaboration work for their teachers, pupils, parents and the whole community.

This personal and accessible book shares the recipe for understanding the purpose of academy trust leadership and give insider knowledge of how to do it well and with all stakeholders at the forefront of your mission.

About the Author

Sir David Carter is Executive Director of System Leadership at Ambition Institute, and a Trustee of Centrepoint, Teaching Awards & Transformation Trust.

Laura McInerney is Co-Founder of @TeacherTapp, a Guardian columnist and former editor of Schools Week.