Superheads
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Links
Labour's Failed all the Tests
www.socialistparty.org.uk/2004/350/index.html?id=pp6.htm
A damning look at the policies of New Labour in education, including their strategy of introducing school sponsorship by the likes of Nestlé and bringing in superheads to turn around failing schools.
The Myth of the Superhead
www2.warwick.ac.uk/about/warwickmagazine05/superhead/
Alma Harris, Director of the Warwick Institute of Education, argues that bringing in a new head teacher and paying them a huge amount of money is as unlikely to work as imposing a new chief executive at Marks and Spencer.
Superhead Warns Schools will Fail to Meet Costs
www.teachers.org.uk/showwirearchive.php?id=825345
Article from 2003 in which head teacher William Atkinson looks at the financial burdens facing many schools.
Superheads Find the Going Tough at the Chalkface
www.chalkface.net/pagecopy/newsitems/news09.htm
Recent article that looks at the government's fresh start policy for failing schools.
