Front Cover Page -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents Page -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- 1 Power to the professionals: the emergence of system leadership -- 2 Mapping the system leadership landscape -- 3 Leadership of sustained improvement in challenging contexts -- 4 Leading innovation and improvement partnerships: the case of Leading Edge -- 5 Leadership in the context of Every Child Matters: extended, full service and community schools -- 6 Executive leadership and federations -- 7 Change agents of school transformation: consultant leaders, National Leaders of Education and their schools -- 8 The prospects for system leadership -- Notes -- References -- Index -- End Cover Page.