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School leaders are in the privileged position of being able to help struggling families, though battles have to be won to do it, writes this co-chair of the Headteachers’ Roundtable

In our ‘My Week As’ series, a senior sector leader reveals what a typical week looks like in their role. Here, we talk to Jason Martin of Markham College in Lima, Peru

Money is the first thing school leaders think about when it comes to budgeting, but there are other limited resources in a school that require the same kind of planning, says Mark Steed

Our How I Lead series asks education leaders to reflect on their career, experience and leadership philosophy. This month, we talk to Cathie Paine, CEO of England’s largest primary multi-academy trust

A leader discusses the tough reality that occurs when an area you thought was going well is revealed to need more work – and the honesty required to fix this

As part of our thought experiment series, Seamus Murphy imagines what the system would look like if every child was automatically enrolled in their nearest school

A leader outlines how they responded after discovering a nearby school was suggesting parents go elsewhere for SEND support – contributing to the ‘magnet school’ effect

In a new series, Tes looks at the difficult ethical decisions that headteachers can face – and explores how following a set of guiding principles is often the best way forward

In our ‘My Week As’ series, a senior sector leader reveals what a typical week looks like in their role. Here, we talk to executive headteacher James Donaldson

Even if leaving is the last thing on your mind, working on succession planning will pay dividends in the future, writes Mark Leppard

A new international school leader explains how his intention to watch and wait in his new role was turned on its head in two days – and what he learned about leadership in the process

A head in Saudi Arabia explains how her school strives to ensure teacher workload is fair and balanced – and why her days of weekend working in the UK are a thing of the past