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Hilary R. Evans, MA, FRSA, is an Independent Education Consultant and Adviser. She previously worked in both mainstream and special school leadership roles as Headteacher, SENCo, Director of School Improvement, Inspector and LA Strategic Lead. She currently coaches school leaders across the UK, leads training in inclusion and school governance, and acts as a National Adviser in respect of SEND and inclusion. Her passion and focus are always on the opportunities provided for every child and young person whatever their starting point.

Gill Robinson, OBE, MA, is a National Adviser in respect of SEND and inclusion, supporting both mainstream and specialist settings. Her School Improvement work, which spans across the country, includes working directly with teachers, leaders, pupils, parents, trustees and governors. Gill was previously a special school Headteacher before moving into the role of CEO of a Multi Academy Trust. Gill's focus in her work is to enable all pupils to receive the best possible education and support.

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This book brings together the first-hand experiences of more than fifty mainstream and special school leaders to provide both inspirational and realistic advice on inclusion and SEND. Following an A-Z format, the book is packed with practical tips and solutions to everyday challenges and opportunities facing headteachers, SENCos and other senior leaders.

A wealth of knowledge and skills are shared, covering topics from accountability and behaviour to relationships and resilience, with the intention of being meaningfully supportive during what can be challenging and intense working days. The growing complexity and demands of leadership roles, as well as the opportunities to share expertise in securing the progress of pupils who need additional or specialist support are also considered.

Distilling guidance from the authors' in-depth interviews and action research, this accessible - and often humorous - dip-in-and-out book will be a valuable read for aspiring and practising leaders in both mainstream and specialist settings.

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Foreword

Introduction and Rationale

Chapter 1 - ABC: Accessibility, Accountability, Adaptations, Alternative Provision, Ambition, Ambitious, Annual Review, Anxiety, Aspiration, Assumption, Attendance, Authentic, Balance, Barriers, Bear Trap, Behaviour, Boss, Boundaries, Caliber, Caretaker - Site Manager, Challenge, Change, Child, Coaching, Commitment, Communication, Complexity, Confidence, Crisis, Culture, Curriculum.

Chapter 2 - DEF: Decision, Demanding, Deputy, Difficult Conversations, Dimena, Disillusion, Dissemination Diversity, Drive, Effective, EHCP, Effort, Ego, Employability, Empowerment, Encourage Enthusiasm, Equality, Ethos, Expectations, External Support, Fair, Families, Fatigue, Fear, Finance, Focus.

Chapter 3 - GHI: Goals, Golden thread, Governor, Grievance, Headteacher, Health, Hero, Holiday, Honesty, Improve, Inclusion, Influence, Innovation, Integrity, Interventions, Interview, Invest, Ivory Tower.

Chapter 4 - JKL: Jealously, Job Description, Journey, Judgement, Justification, Keep, Kindness, Knowledge, Leadership, Learn, Listen, Local Offer, Lonely, Lose.

Chapter 5 - MNO: Mediation, Mid-day Supervisors, Mindful, Mistakes, Monitoring, Motivation, Myth, Naive, Network, Non-negotiable, Nurturing, Ofsted, Opinions, Opportunity, Outcome, Outreach, Overload.

Chapter 6 - PQR: Passion, Perfection, Persistent Absence, Person centred planning, Personable, Personalisation, Positive, Prepare, Priority, Professionalism, Quality, Questioning, Quick-fix, Reasonable adjustment, Recruitment Regret, Relationships, Resilience, Retention, Review, Reward.

Chapter 7 - STU: Schools Forum, Self-evaluation, SENCo, SEND Information Report, SEN Support, Sense of belonging, Skills, Small wins, Staff, Strategic, Success, Talents, Team, Tenacity, Therapy, Time, Tolerance, Top-up funding, Tough, Transition, Tribunal, Trust, Understand, Unexpected, Unique, Universal

Chapter 8 - VWXYZ: Vanity, Vision, Volunteers, Vulnerable, Well-being, Wisdom, Work, Exclusion, Exit Interview, Yes, You, Zero tolerance

Appendix 1 - Words of Wisdom

Appendix 2 - Answers and...questions