This book explores the development of educational leadership within difficult contexts via the lens of a previously failing English secondary school in an area of urban poverty. Based on extensive interview data from 2012-2016, the authors demonstrate that the fundamental ethos underpinning the school's improvement is a desire to meet the needs of young people in disadvantaged communities in order to equip them with the skills to allow them to transcend their situation. The authors posit that this school embodies the 'comprehensive ideal' of secondary education in England: that education should not be disadvantaged by background, and that the state should provide free and high quality education for all. This book will appeal to students and scholars of comprehensive education and schools in difficult contexts.

About the Author
Trevor Male is Associate Professor at the London Centre for Leadership in Learning at UCL Institute of Education, UK. Ioanna Palaiologou is Research Associate at the London Centre for Leadership in Learning at UCL, Institute of Education, UK.



Book Information
ISBN 9783030341558
Author Trevor Male
Format Hardback
Page Count 95
Imprint Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Publisher Springer Nature Switzerland AG