Table of Contents

Chapter 1: International Context Chapter 2: The Purpose of the National Standards Chapter 3: Preamble to the National Standards Chapter 4: Domain One Chapter 5: Domain Two Chapter 6: Domain Three Chapter 7: Domain Four Chapter 8: Aspiring Headteachers Chapter 9: Governance Chapter 10: Domain 5 Chapter 11: Excellence As Standard Part Two National Standards of Excellence for Headteachers, DfE, 2015 Guidance, DfE, 2015 Teachers' Standards, DfE, 2011 The Master Teacher Standard, DfE Review, 2011 Part Three 'Do schools need headteachers?', Geoff Barton 'Ten things learned on my leadership journey', John Dunford 'New routes to headship', Maxine Evans 'Well-being: a special school perspective', Jarlath O'Brien 'The new school leader', Iain Hall 'What is education for?', Nicholas Tate

About the Author

Roy Blatchford is founder of www.blinks.education working with schools, multi-academy trusts, colleges, universities and local authorities in the UK and internationally. He currently chairs and advises a number of Boards in the education and charity sectors.

Following headships in London, Oxfordshire and Milton Keynes, he was Founding Director of the National Education Trust. He has extensive experience of writing inspection frameworks and has reviewed over 1,000 schools, colleges and faculties in Europe, India, USA, Middle and Far East. He was one of Her Majesty's Inspectors (HMI) in England, and has served as an education policy adviser to the UK and other national governments.

Roy was lead author of the 'Teachers Standards' (2012) and chaired ASCL's 'The Forgotten Third' (2019). He is the author/editor of over 150 books including 'The Restless School', 'The Three Minute Leader' and 'Must Do Better'.

He was appointed CBE for services to education in the 2016 New Year Honours.