This practical book introduces strategic management for leaders and senior managers in schools and shows how it can contribute to school development. Brian Fidles presents a strategic planning model for schools, setting out the process and practice. Written at a very accessible level, the book focuses on the management of processes such as:
The title of this book poses the question whether the motto of the Office for Standards in Education is an apt statement of its effects in practice. Beginning with the state of knowledge about OFSTED's early impact, the Editors review the range of complementary approaches to school improvement - most of them driven by the scnools themselves - that are in operation, alongside the OFSTED system o…