Publications and resources

New Heads Handbook 2007
(3Mb, 56 pages)

Your appointment as headteacher is a career journey which will be full of excitement and challenge. You won't be alone and you have a right to expect support from others. That includes support from your College - the National College for School Leadership, who are here to give you the support you need to be the outstanding leader that our schools and our children need.

New Heads Blog by Iain Gilmour
(816kb, 7 pages)

Read headteacher Iain Gilmour's illuminating, humorous and downright honest blog for NCSL's talk2learn online learning community. In this publication Iain documents his passage from frustrated deputy to first year of headship at a lively but challenging inner-city school in the south of England.

Policy into Practice
(500kb, 4 pages)

Policy into Practice aims to bring to life some current policies in education by looking at ways in which headteachers around the country have applied them in their own schools. In this edition we examine the government's commitment to personalised learning and look at the experience of one school with a strong track record in tailoring learning to children's specific needs. We also highlight the impending 14–19 reforms and hear from a secondary school leader on why people skills matter most when it comes to planning for the diploma. Find out more about Policy into Practice .