Leading the Way

A Series on Educational Leadership

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LEADING THE WAY: A Series on Educational Leadership

Monthly profiles of UK school leaders achieving exceptional outcomes

Every month, Meta Pedagogy profiles a headteacher, trust leader, or senior educator making measurable impact in UK schools. Each leader shares their career journey: the decisions that shaped their path to leadership, the principles that guide their work and the challenges they’ve navigated along the way.

Throughout each profile, leaders provide practical guidance for aspiring headteachers and senior leaders. The frameworks they use to make strategic decisions. The approaches they’ve tested and refined. The lessons learned from experience that apply directly to the challenges emerging leaders face.

Whether you’re developing your leadership practice, stepping into senior roles, or preparing for headship, these profiles offer tested insight from practitioners operating at scale in UK schools.

New profile published monthly.

April 2026 – Phil Walklate

Phil Walklate, Headteacher at Erasmus Darwin Academy, Burntwood, Staffordshire. Part of Primitas Learning Partnership who supports trust-wide with attendance, leadership development and NPQH facilitation.

May 2026 – Eliz Dadson

Eliz Dadson, Principal at SOS-Hermann Gmeiner International College, Ghana. Leading a 100% boarding school serving students from SOS Children’s Villages across Africa alongside Ghanaian students in a Pan-African educational community.