Front cover -- Half title -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Appendices -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Part 1: Contexts for success -- 1 Leaders and contexts : What previous research tells us about the relationship -- 2 What all successful leaders do in most contexts -- Part 2: Leadership actions and pupil outcomes -- 3 Models of leadership and pupil outcomes -- 4 Similarities and differences between primary and secondary leaders: A badly neglected distinction in leadership research -- 5 Characteristics and practices of leaders in schools which improved from different starting points -- Part 3: Who heads are and what they do to build and sustain success -- 6 Core values and practices: Leadership, learning and improvement -- 7 Phases of school improvement -- 8 Layered leadership strategies: How leaders achieve and sustain successful school improvement -- Part 4: Future progress and prospects -- 9 Organizational democracy, trust and the progressive distribution of leadership -- 10 Successful leadership: Contexts, claims and qualities -- Appendices -- References -- Index -- Adverts -- Back cover.