Reviews:
“As a primer for anyone seeking to take up a headship post—especially in the Scottish state sector—it has a great deal to recommend it and, indeed, ought to be required reading when preparing for interview.”
Educational Management Administration & Leadership,2009

"This slim volume certainly covers a lot of ground with sufficient academic breadth and depth to make it a valuable addition to the literature in this field."
Professional Development in Education,2009

"There is no doubt that the major readership for this text will be candidates who are undertaking the SQH, the future headteachers of Scottish schools. For them, it must be an invaluable resource that will help them not only to position their own studies within the national policy context, but also to relate to developments in school leadership elsewhere. However, the book will also be an invaluable addition to the libraries of scholars and institutions beyond Scotland. Without such focused nationally specific analyses, scholarship on educational leadership is in danger of falling into bland platitudes and manifestos that have little connection with the lived realities of professionals and policy-makers, each in their own distinctive contexts." Journal of Education Policy, 2010