Comments:
The Key’s State of Education report
has become an annual touchpoint
for teachers, leaders, researchers and policy
makers to pause and consider the current
and future direction of education policy and
practice. Within the current climate of reform,
the report gives as much food for thought
as worry. It is agreed that school leaders are
integral to the success of a school. Their role
in supporting teachers is pivotal not only in
enhancing the quality of teaching but creating
professional educational lives that make
teachers want to remain in the profession. This
is becoming more challenging year on year. If
the role of school leaders is increasingly less
sustainable for the leaders currently in post, it
will remain unattractive for future