Sam Strickland

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Headship: The Reality of Sitting in the Chair There’s a moment, shortly after you first step into headship, when the building feels different. The corridors look the same, the bell rings at the same pitch, and the children buzz with the same o…

"The real test of a headteacher is not how they lead on a good day but how they stand on the difficult ones."
Love this, @strickomaster.bsky.social: samstrickland384843542.wordpress.com/2025/12/12/h...

Thank you so much Rob. I hope you are well.

Sam Strickland's Leadership Blog

What a great summary of the challenges and rewards of the role from @strickomaster.bsky.social

Great read! samstrickland384843542.wordpress.com

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This resonates hugely -

Headship: The Reality of Sitting in the Chair There’s a moment, shortly after you first step into headship, when the building feels different. The corridors look the same, the bell rings at the same pitch, and the children buzz with the same o…

New blog….

Headship: The Reality of Sitting in the Chair

samstrickland384843542.wordpress.com/2025/12/12/h...

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An amazing opportunity. Huge thanks.

Creating lasting connections between teachers and employers | Gatsby Benchmarks

Using the updated #GatsbyBenchmarks The Duston School & South Midlands Career Hub have created new, lasting connections between teachers and local employers, increasing the presence of #CareersGuidance in the curriculum and boosting teachers’ labour market understanding 👏 @strickomaster.bsky.social

When the challenges feel huge and we're just trying to get through the week, you’re spot-on: our unshakeable belief is the why that keeps us going. As many of us hit half term, or will do next week, it’s probably timely to revisit the ‘why’ to give us the energy for the rest of the term. #teaching

This is a great read @strickomaster . Especially love the part about hope being a strategy, not just a fluffy feeling. I think it really hits home for anyone working in schools right now.

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What a fantastic and much needed dose of positivity from @strickomaster.bsky.social. It resonates because it is true!

“In #education, hope is a deliberate choice. One that we cannot afford to leave behind.
As schoolleaders, teachers, we are not just transmitters of knowledge. We are custodians of culture. We are the adult in the room when everything else outside of school might be falling apart for a young person.”

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I love this!

“Hope, in that sense, is radical. It is defiant.”

Hope ”We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” Martin Luther King Jnr Hope is not some sort of flimsy sentiment. It is not naïve. It is not fluffy. It is certainly not the re…

There are lots of issues within education but I think it is important not to lose sight of hope…

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Inclusion, Inclusion, Inclusion Let’s cut through the noise. There is a lot of sabre rattling about inclusion. There are organisations, think tanks, consultants, local authorities and even educators in schools pushing an agenda t…

New blog on inclusion

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Worth a read!

Inclusion, Inclusion, Inclusion Let’s cut through the noise. There is a lot of sabre rattling about inclusion. There are organisations, think tanks, consultants, local authorities and even educators in schools pushing an agenda t…

New blog on inclusion

samstrickland384843542.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/i...

INSET twilight with our teachers today — reflecting on the Agreed Consistencies we have & want.
We revisited key work from our SDP journey:
📘 Running the Room — @tombennett71.bsky.social
📗 Behaviour Manual — @strickomaster.bsky.social
📙 Rosenshine’s Principles — @teacherhead.bsky.social

Authentic School Culture: A Second Slice Sweating the Small Stuff: Where Excellence Lives

Welcome to our second post on authentic school culture...can't believe it's been almost a year since the first one! Thanks to
@teachertapp.bsky.social
for making the original post the blog of the day.
theeducakers.substack.com/p/authentic-...

Learning about behaviour management can’t only be theoretical – that’s why schools and universities must work together to give trainees real classroom experience. @strickomaster.bsky.social discusses an innovative #teacher training partnership at The Duston School: buff.ly/ITwNjN0

Learning about behaviour management can’t only be theoretical – that’s why schools and universities must work together to give trainees real classroom experience. @strickomaster.bsky.social discusses an innovative #teacher training partnership at The Duston School: buff.ly/NwHdXVS #edusky

Learning about behaviour management can’t only be theoretical – that’s why schools and universities must work together to give trainees real classroom experience. @strickomaster.bsky.social discusses an innovative #teacher training partnership at The Duston School buff.ly/ITwNjN0

Learning about behaviour management can’t only be theoretical – that’s why schools and universities must work together to give trainees real classroom experience. @strickomaster.bsky.social discusses an innovative #teacher training partnership at The Duston School buff.ly/NwHdXVS #edusky

Learning about behaviour management can’t only be theoretical – that’s why schools and universities must work together to give trainees real classroom experience. @strickomaster.bsky.social discusses an innovative #teacher training partnership at The Duston School: buff.ly/ITwNjN0