Could primary school headship be your next step?

If you’re an aspiring primary school teacher with ambitions to make a bigger difference, have you ever considered becoming a primary school head teacher?
Headship can be challenging, rewarding and hugely influential. It gives you the opportunity to shape the culture of a school, support colleagues, improve outcomes for pupils and help create an environment where children and staff can flourish.
Drawing on years of experience, Gary Nott offers practical advice, proven strategies and honest insights into the opportunities and challenges of headship. From managing workload and supporting staff well-being to improving pupil behaviour, teaching and attainment, his accessible guide helps aspiring leaders develop the confidence and skills they need.
Discover what it takes to become a brilliant primary school head teacher.
- Gain practical strategies for leading a primary school with confidence.
- Learn how to manage workload, priorities and the demands of headship.
- Develop your leadership skills and learn how to get the best from your team.
- Discover practical approaches to staff well-being and pupil behaviour.
- Learn how effective mentoring can develop teaching practice across a school.
- Explore creative ways to understand and improve pupil progress and attainment.
- Benefit from Gary Nott’s experience, honest reflections, humour and real-life examples.
- Dip in and out for advice on specific challenges or read the book from cover to cover.
- Build a clearer understanding of what outstanding school leadership looks like.
- Be inspired to question your own practice, embrace change and keep improving.
So why consider becoming a leader?
For many teachers, the attraction is the opportunity to have an impact beyond their own classroom. As a head teacher, you can help shape the direction of an entire school, develop other teachers, champion pupils and create the kind of school community you believe in.
Headship certainly brings responsibility, but it also brings the opportunity to lead change, develop people and make a lasting difference to children’s lives.
If you’re thinking about where your teaching career could take you next, Gary Nott’s How to be a Brilliant Primary School Head Teacher offers an accessible introduction to the realities of school leadership, with practical ideas drawn from real experience. With humorous stories, thoughtful anecdotes and ideas that can be put into practice, it is an invaluable companion for teachers considering their next step into primary school leadership.
If you want to lead a school brilliantly, this is where your journey begins.
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