Ch1: I Hate People: Punk leadership principles Ch2: Career Opportunities: Establishing and progressing your career as a punk leader Ch3: I Wanna Be Your Dog: Leadership structures and accountability Ch4: Happy House: Building happy schools Ch5: Bad Dog: Managing mistakes Ch6: Monkey Gone to Heaven: Effective line management Ch7: No More Heroes: Tackling work-home balance Ch8: Should I Stay or Should I Go?: Recruitment and retention Ch9: Teenage Kicks: An engaging and relevant curriculum Ch10: Big A Little A: Why core skills matter Ch11: Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll: Whole child education Ch12: Suspect Device: Leading inclusive schools Ch13: If the Kids are United: Leading schools where children have a voice Ch14: I Fought the Law: Managing student behaviour Ch15: Typical Girls: Gender and identity in schools Ch16: God Save the Queen: Managing traditional expectations Ch17: I Wanna Be Sedated: Mental health in schools Ch18: She Sells Sanctuary: Finding your tribe Ch19: Pretty in Pink: Looking the part of punk leader Ch20: Mommy's Little Monster: Parenting alongside leadership Ch21: Anarchy in the UK: Leading during and after a pandemic Ch22: Living Dead: Managing your own wellbeing as a leader Ch23: Happy Talk: Keeping sane and maintaining your principles
School leadership is becoming awfully compliant; flat-pack headteachers and homogenised leadership teams. When did all this conformity ever bring about any lasting change? Drawing parallels between the fiercely independent punk spirit and the demands of modern school leadership, Punk Leadership offers a fresh perspective on how to navigate the complexities of the education system while staying true to your values and vision. This is not an anarchic book - it systematically looks at all aspects of school leadership, from curriculum development to managing staff, from inclusion to accountability, and finds the punk in them. Jam-packed with useful guidance to help you find your way through the complexities of senior leadership in schools, Punk Leadership is about finding your own solutions and empowering you to do what you know is right. Keziah Featherstone is a secondary headteacher in the West Midlands. She is a co-founder and strategic leader for WomenEd and a member of the Headteachers' Roundtable.
Keziah Featherstone is a co-founder, trustee and strategic leader for #WomenEd and a member of the Headteachers' Roundtable, a non-political educational think-tank. After twenty years in senior leadership, she currently she lives with her husband, daughter, three cats and three pugs in the West Midlands where she is proud to be Executive Headteacher of Q3 Academy Tipton, a part of the Mercian Trust, her second headship. Keziah has written English educational resources for Pearson and Teachit, as well as articles for publications such as Tes, The Guardian and Schools Week, she also co-edited 10% Braver: Inspiring Women to Lead Education and Being 10% Braver.