'Social sector leaders pride themselves on "doing good" for the world, but to be of maximum service requires a ferocious focus on doing good only if it fits with your Hedgehog Concept. To do the most good requires saying "no" to pressures to stray, and the discipline...

This year, we are re-visiting Jim Collins’ Good to Great principles that inspired this company. Although the book was written mainly about businesses, much of the principles are applicable to schools. Principle 5 'A culture of discipline: When the workforce is...

Helena McVeigh has drawn on her thesis to write a book about the way that Ofsted has influenced the quality of teaching in primary schools. The book can be purchased from Amazon or UCL IOE press at UCL IOE Press.