Primary school headteacher recruitment and selection in England: the processes and the problematic aspects. (20th October 2019)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Primary school headteacher recruitment and selection in England: the processes and the problematic aspects. (20th October 2019)
- Main Title:
- Primary school headteacher recruitment and selection in England: the processes and the problematic aspects
- Authors:
- James, Chris
Fitzgerald, Sarah
Fellows, Tom
Goodall, Janet
Batlle, Ioannis Costas
Jones, Jeff - Abstract:
- ABSTRACT: Appointing a headteacher in England is important but under-researched, hence the study reported here. We interviewed and surveyed chairs of governing boards that had recently undertaken the appointment process. Governing bodies follow broadly similar recruitment and selection processes, which have a number of problematic aspects: the unique nature of the context; the complexity of the processes; ensuring adequate recruitment; the processes are demanding, resource intensive, a considerable responsibility and difficult to organise especially when there are internal candidates; the skills required are specialised; engaging external expertise can be beneficial, but not without challenges; and the chair's involvement is typically substantial.
- Is Part Of:
- School leadership & management. Volume 39:Number 5(2019)
- Journal:
- School leadership & management
- Issue:
- Volume 39:Number 5(2019)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 39, Issue 5 (2019)
- Year:
- 2019
- Volume:
- 39
- Issue:
- 5
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2019-0039-0005-0000
- Page Start:
- 478
- Page End:
- 495
- Publication Date:
- 2019-10-20
- Subjects:
- Headteacher recruitment -- headteacher selection -- headteacher appointment
Education -- Periodicals
Educational leadership -- Periodicals
School management and organization -- Periodicals
371.2011 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cslm20/current ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/13632434.2018.1525699 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1363-2434
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- Legaldeposit
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