From this point onwards, the interviews are organised into sections which focus on the following themes:

• 'Getting There' explores the journey each of the headteachers took to arrive at their present role.
• 'Being a Headteacher' is an opportunity for personal reflections on different experience of headship.
• 'Being Effective' invites each head to identify the essential qualities, abilities and skills a headteacher needs.
• 'Management or Leadership?' extends this discussion further by exploring the balance between the two.
• 'A Vision for Learning' focuses on developing a learning culture and raising achievement in schools.
• 'Pressures, Challenges and Satisfactions' explores personal perspectives on the pressures, challenges and satisfactions of headship.