Volume 28 Number! February 2008
SCHOOL
LEADERSHIP &
MANAGEMENT
Editor
Alma Harris
5 Guest Editors:
Kenneth Leithwood and Christopher Day
Special Issue:
The impact of school leadership on student outcomes
: Routledge
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ISSN 1363-2434School Leadership &
Management
VOLUME 28 NUMBER 1 FEBRUARY 2008
Special Issue: The impact of school leadership on student outcomes
Guest Editors: Kenneth Leithwood and Christopher Day
CONTENTS
Guest editorial
The impact of schoo! leadership on pupil outcomes
Kenneth Leithwood and Christopher Day 1
Articles
Research into the impact of school leadership on pupil outcomes: policy and
research contexts
Christopher Day, Pam Sammons, David Hopkins, Kenneth Leithivood and
Alison Kington 5
Seven strong claims about successful school leadership
Kenneth Leithwood, Aima Harris and David Hopkins 27
Leadership characteristics and practices in schools with different
effectiveness and improvement profiles
Oing Gu, Pam Sammons and Palak Mehta 43
Leadership in improving schools: a qualitative perspective
Glare Penlington, Alison Kington and Christopher Day 65
‘What we have learned, what we need to know more about
Christopher Day, Kenneth Leithivood and Pam Sammons 83
Book reviews 97