Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/207405 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 12580
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We consider the role played by school leaders in improving pupil attainment, going beyond previous studies by exploring the leadership roles of deputy and assistant heads and classroom-based teachers with additional leadership responsibilities. Using panel data for state-funded secondary schools in England for the period 2010/11-2015/16 we find academy schools typically employ more staff in leadership roles than community schools. Increases in the number of staff in leadership roles below headship level are associated, at least to some extent, with improved school performance in Single Academy Trusts, but this is not the case for schools that are part of Multi Academy Trusts. Our findings suggest that the potential benefits of distributing leadership within schools may only be realised when leaders have sufficient autonomy.
Subjects: 
school performance
distributed leadership
leadership
school autonomy
JEL: 
I21
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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