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How to empower middle leaders in schools and Multi-Academy TrustsĀ 

Itā€™s important to look after your middle leaders. They are the engine room of your trust and convey the vision of your senior team, delivering it to staff on the ground. 

But the danger is that as trusts grow and pressures mount, these culture carriers get overlooked. When that happens, they can easily turn from your strongest link into a point of failure ā€“ and staff morale and pupil outcomes might suffer. 

That’s why we created this free guide to help you, just fill in the form and it’s yours. 

EDU Guide Empowering middle leaders V2 792 | How to empower middle leaders in schools and Multi-Academy TrustsĀ 

Protect your culture carriers

A guideĀ toĀ looking after middle leaders in schools and trustsĀ 

This guide is not focused on firefighting problems. Its focus is on turning things around completely and capitalising on the top-tierĀ expertiseĀ that middle leaders bring.Ā 

Discover: 

  • Tips for managing disengaged leaders in schools and trusts  
  • How to create psychological safety for middle leaders  
  • Ways to support middle leaders when budgets are under pressure 
  • How to drive standardisation with technology 
  • How good digital systems support a centralised trust  

This guide was created with the help of education expert John Murphy. John has spent ten years as CEO of one of the largest trusts in the UK and now works to support many of those in the same position across the country.

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