Emma Penzer

Part of the series So You Want to be a Head

Jo Owen visits Emma Penzer, an experienced deputy head at Woodberry Down Community Primary School in Hackney, to find out if she has what it takes to become a headteacher.

Emma is already working to capacity. Concerned about her work/life balance she is wary of taking on the added workload and responsibility that headship would bring.

For inspiration, Jo sends Emma to spend a day with a charismatic leader. Award-winning architect Angela Brady has been running her successful business for 20 years whilst balancing the demands of children and home life.

Will a day spent with Angela prompt Emma to reconsider her journey to headship? To find out, Emma sits before a carefully selected panel of education experts chosen from governing bodies, industry recruitment and outstanding schools.

After cross-examination, the panel will decide if she has the skill as well as the will to make it.

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dd3uk on 14 January 2008

Glad Emma didn't feel pushed into becoming a Head teacher but taking her own time. Living proof that being a Headteac ...
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Duration: 15:00 minutes
Published: 31 October 2007
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So You Want to be a Head

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So You Want to be a Head?

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My School Life:

Careers in school

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Primary

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Whole School

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Middle Leader | Teacher

Support Materials

Useful websites

TeacherNet: A to Z of School Leadership User friendly guide to the main issues and policies an aspiring head needs to know

NCSL: Tomorrow's Leaders Today The NCSL's campaign to develop more school leaders in light of the potential shortage of headteachers across England

Future Leaders An organisation that helps develop the next generation of leaders for challenging schools

Arts Council England The national development agency for the arts in England, distributing public money from Government and the National Lottery

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- dd3uk
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  Trying to convince someone to be a head?
  
  14 January 2008 - 20:17
  Glad Emma didn't feel pushed into becoming a Head teacher but taking her own time.
  
  Living proof that being a Headteacher will take people who love teaching away from who matter the most - the children and teaching. After all that is why we entered the profession.
  
  So does that mean that those who do not want to be deputies or heads, can expect to have more tasks delegated down to them. Who will middle leadres be able to delegate to?
  I think I fancy being an education consultant and give advice to teachers on how to do a better job. What do you think?
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- jgough2
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  So you want to be a Headteacher?
  
  31 December 2007 - 17:29
  I have watched these programmes with interest. I am intrigued to find that Jo Owen considers it good practice to send an aspiring Headteacher out into the wider world to gain from the experiences of leaders in other fields. Intrigued, because in a previous life, I was a successful leader in another field, yet this experience is totally ignored when applying for leadership courses in education!
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