Free resources to help you
Weekly school leadership tips
Sign up to Sonia’s school leadership tips, for headteachers who want to break out of the grind of good and create an outstanding school for their children (because you don’t do it for Ofsted)
Is your school set to be Outstanding?
Assess your school against the 3 indicators of high-performance with this online quiz.
Create a great school vision –
Free e-course
If you want your school to be outstanding, you need to get your vision in shape – a bad one does little for you, but a great one gets your team on your bus and chomping at the bit to achieve it.
Our free ‘Create a great vision’ e-course can help you!
Meet the vision gremlins
These gremlins are found attacking and damaging visions up and down the land, and once you know who they are, you can fight back. There are 5 common gremlins, each with their own unique skills to damage your vision; come and meet them, find out their weak spots, and how to get them out of your vision.
Compelling school visions – 9 examples of visions that work
In ‘Compelling School Visions’, you will see a collection of great visions; some are long, some are short, some are stories, and some are poems.
I hope they will inspire you and show you what a great vision can look like.
Free e-course: How to structure a difficult conversation
Sign up for our free e-course where in just 5 short videos, totalling only 10 minutes and delivered direct to your inbox, I’ll show you how to structure any difficult conversation for success!
Ten common mistakes leaders make when having a difficult conversation
Here are ten common mistakes we make when having a difficult conversation.
Successful difficult conversations with parents: A guide for teachers
As a teacher, sometimes you have to have challenging conversations with parents. Read this guide to obtaining more positive outcomes.
Two-minute top tips to help you have more successful difficult conversations
I’ve distilled many of my top tips into weekly ‘two-minute top tips’ videos. You can access them on our Heads Up YouTube channel and you can subscribe here.
Cost of conflict calculator
These issues are also costing you a huge amount of time and money. To see how much, use my ‘cost of conflict calculator’ which is free and easy to use (your school business manager will love this resource).
A 5:22min video walks you through how to use it.