Research and analysis

Leadership and faith schools: issues and challenges

An overview of approaches and challenges to school leadership for faith schools.

• From: National College for Teaching and Leadership
• Published: 1 March 2013

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Leadership and faith schools: issues and challenges

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This report reviews a wide range of literature and materials, and is structured around 3 broad areas:

• A description of the history of faith schools and their place in the provision of education
• A summary of approaches to school leadership and the relevance of these to faith schools
• A discussion of the main issues and challenges specific to the leadership of faith schools

The 5 most common challenges identified were:

1. maintaining distinctiveness
2. admissions policy in relation to children of other, or no, faith
3. balancing the provision of high-quality education and faith commitment
4. partnerships within and beyond the faith community
5. contributing to social cohesion and meeting community expectations

Published 1 March 2013