Peter Earley
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Surviving, thriving and reviving in leadership: The personal and professional development needs of educational leaders Open
Introduction: Within a context of recruitment and retention challenges, growing emotional demands and work intensification, this opinion piece argues that greater attention needs to be given to individual leaders’ personal development – th…
Understanding the Middle Tier Comparative Costs of Academy and LA-maintained School Systems Open
The LGA commissioned and part-funded this research to understand the comparative costs of the middle tiers in England. By ‘middle tier’ we mean the systems of support and accountability connecting publicly-funded local authority (LA) maint…
Headteacher performance management in England: Balancing internal and external accountability through performance leadership Open
This article reports on research into headteacher performance management in England. The English school system couples organisational autonomy with close scrutiny of educational outcomes. The management of the performance of headteachers i…
Introduction: School leadership and education system reform Open
This Introduction to the book School Leadership and Education System Reform (Earley and Greany, Eds, 2017, Bloomsbury) sets out the rationale for the book and outlines the nature of the different contributions. It argues that the book refl…
Global Trends and Challenges for School Leaders: Keeping the Focus on Learning Open
This paper gives consideration to global trends and recent developments in education systems, particularly as they relate to schools and school leaders operating in high stakes accountability cultures. The importance of leadership for orga…