Russell Speirs

Aug 13, 2024 | schoolmanagementplus.com | Irena Barker |Russell Speirs |Winchester College |Luke Ramsden

Whether it is your first taste of being on SLT or you are a seasoned school principal starting at a new school, the first days in a new management or leadership role are an exciting but slightly daunting time. The challenges depend on context, but they ultimately come down to building new relationships. Moving to a new school will require learning names, new systems and processes and finding your place within the senior leadership team.

Jul 17, 2024 | schoolmanagementplus.com | Alex Crossman |Irena Barker |Russell Speirs |Winchester College

The significance of networking cannot be overstated, a point highlighted by Gillian Tett in the Weekend FT, in her article about the cultural disparities between the UK and the US. Gillian, who lives and works in both countries, uses her anthropological insights to identify cultural variations in group and organisational dynamics that might go unnoticed.

Jun 25, 2024 | schoolmanagementplus.com | Irena Barker |Russell Speirs |Winchester College |Luke Ramsden

“I’m a total education junkie, I love working in the profession and I’m utterly optimistic about young people,” says Alex Russell, CEO of Bourne Education Trust, a large group of state schools in Surrey and Hampshire, UK. For those bogged down in endless stories about multiple “crises” in school attendance, funding, teacher recruitment, workload and wellbeing, it’s a relief to see that there are still educators with this level of positivity.

Dec 11, 2023 | marketscreener.com | Russell Speirs

A new study from RSAcademics about the changing nature of school leadership suggests that Heads needs to be more aware than ever of the legal aspects of their work. By Russell Speirs, Founder and Chairman of RSAcademics Ltd Being the Head of a school today is a very different job from what it was twenty or even ten years ago. While it is still a job which offers many sourced of joy and personal fulfilment, there is no doubt that it has become more challenging in recent years.