My phone sent me a warning this morning. It got me thinking about headship.

Peak performance: normal.
Maximum capacity: 78%.

Still does everything it’s meant to. Just can’t hold the charge it used to.

Sound familiar? What’s your battery at?

#Headteacher #EduSky

Heads are brilliant at imagining worst-case scenarios.

Imagine: you didn’t back out of the room when the SBM raised another problem; you didn't try to avoid that toxic member of staff in the corridor; you prioritised your strategic work like you do teaching.

I can help.

#Headteacher #EduSk

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#PTA #PTFA #SchoolFundraising #SchoolBudget #Community #Headteacher

Swans were built to paddle all day. You were not.

Calm on the gates. ‘That parent’s’ email before registration. The boiler. Again.

Looks like leadership. Feels like treading water.

Heads: what are you still doing yourself?

#Headteacher #EduSky

Covering others’ roles. A growing Friday to-do list. Strategy slipping to ‘next week’. Again.

I spot these early because I’ve been there. Earlier is easier.

#Headteacher #TheIntentionalHead

Heads hold everyone else’s worries all day. Coaching is often the first hour in weeks to voice your own.

It isn’t being told what to do. It’s room to work out what you already know.

#Headteacher #TheIntentionalHead

I spent years as a head writing Monday’s to-do list every Friday. Never once wrote a ‘done’ list.

This afternoon, write both. Then celebrate what you actually achieved.

#Headteacher #TheIntentionalHead

Any Sweary School Leaders out there on Facebook?

I’ve started a new group due to the success of The Sweary SENCo.

It’s designed for both satire and wellbeing and a healthy dose of ranting!

Find it here 👀 www.facebook.com/share/g/1DLf...

#schoolleader #slt #headteacher #teacherwellbeing

An art piece I made to go in the back of my mini planner binder! I think it’s cute what do you think?
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Headteachers: can you be honest with yourself here?

What percentage of your day is spent firefighting? How much time are you giving yourself for deep, difficult thinking?

#Headteacher #SchoolLeadership

Awake at 3am, replaying decisions you used to make without a second thought.

You used to be out in the school enjoying the children learning. Now you feel like you're hiding away.

When did that change?

#Headteacher #SchoolLeadership

If you're a headteacher, read this sentence:

I work with time-poor headteachers to help them stop the firefighting so they can actually get on with the strategic.

#Headteacher #SchoolLeadership

You used to be a different kind of headteacher.

Firefight, berate yourself, lose the strategic, repeat.

Imagine seeing the whole day, not just the fires.

That's the work I do with headteachers.

#Headteacher #SchoolLeadership

You're holding 75 things. Someone asks a 'quick question.' You grimace for a second. They see it. They step back.

Promising to be more patient tomorrow is a resolution, not a plan.

Ready to build the capacity instead?
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#Headteacher #SchoolLeadership