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How Principals of Successful Schools Enact Education Policy: Perceptions and Accounts From Senior and Middle Leaders

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: This article investigates, from the perspective of senior and middle leaders, how secondary principals in England lead their schools to achieve sustainable performance despite policy shifts. Empirical data were drawn from structural equation modeling (SEM) analyses of a questionnaire survey from 309 effective and improved secondary schools in England and longitudinal interview data from a subsample of four case-study schools. The research suggests that what the principals were perceived to be doing successfully was to use policies as opportunities—purposefully, progressively, and strategically—to regenerate coherent cultures and conditions which support the staff to learn to renew their practice.

Source: Leadership and Policy in Schools

DOI: 10.1080/15700763.2018.1496344

Authors: Qing Gu, Pam Sammons, Junjun Chen

Institutions: University of Nottingham, University of Oxford, Education University of Hong Kong

Language: English

Topic: Educational Leadership and Practices

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: green

Funder: Economic and Social Research Council