Education Exposed: Leading a school in a time of uncertainty

The ultimate guide to understanding how a school can be led, managed and run, written by an author with extensive experience, and drawing heavily on research around knowledge-based curricula.Cleary and honestly stating the challenges of leading a school, Samuel Strickland focuses on approaches to the curriculum, teaching and learning, teacher workload, behavior, staff morale, leadership and Ofsted.

Sam Strickland began his career as a history teacher in Bedfordshire having completed his PGCE in secondary history at the University of Cambridge. His career quickly accelerated, becoming a head of history and classics. He then moved on to become a lead professional and worked for a SCITT Consortium. During his time as an assistant head teacher, he had responsibility for the sixth form and led a post 16 consortium arrangement. Sam also served as a vice principal, where he directly oversaw student care, the sixth form curriculum, and served as the safeguarding lead for an entire trust. Sam has served as an associate principal, with GCSE and A Level results under his tenure receiving commendation from the DfE, Nick Gibb and the SSAT. Sam is now the principal of a large all-through school and has helped to guide its results from the bottom 20% nationally to the top 20% at GCSE level, and into the top 5% for A Levels. The organiser of ResearchED Northampton and author of Education Exposed, Education Exposed 2, and The Behaviour Manual, he is a leading voice in the current conversation in education. He has had educational resources and research published, he regularly delivers courses and keynotes nationally and he has served as a lead facilitator for a variety of NPQs.