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Introduction
This toolkit has been written to support middle leaders in developing their role in a school or
academy.
Middle leadership can include:
o Phase leaders e.g. Key Stage leader or Early Years leader
o Subject leader or subject coordinator
o Leaders ‘shadowing’ a subject or phase leader
It is not suggested that the book is necessarily read sequentially from cover to cover; rather
that it can be used to support specific areas that a middle leader or group of middle
leaders are focusing upon.
The sections throughout the book include sets of questions that middle leaders may find
useful, to encourage reflection and research into current practice in the school or setting.
The book also includes a number of quick audit tools, again designed to enable middle
leaders to develop their knowledge of existing practice. These audits could be re-visited at
a later date to help measure the impact of any work.
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