Not plum stone jobs but different types of secondary school heads according to a study just published in the Harvard Business Review:
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"Philosophers" are the largest group. They are heads who do not see themselves as managers, but try to lead by example as senior teachers. They are inspirers, who like to talk about pedagogy, in particular. They do not change much about the student body or the staffroom.
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"Surgeons" are head teachers who act decisively to try to turn around schools. On arriving in a school, they exclude an average of around a quarter of the final-year students and drive resources into final-year students. They fire around a tenth of staff. They have a dramatic immediate impact.
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"Architects" are careful planners. They work on improving standards of behaviour in schools as a first step before working on improving teaching. They value parental engagement, seeing themselves as working for their community. They only expel children for behaviour management, and slowly replace poorly performing staff.
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"Soldiers" and "Accountants" are best suited to schools which need a financial turnaround. "Accountants" try to increase the size of the school as a strategy for improving the financial balance. "Soldiers" try to cut costs to meet the school's budget constraints.
Surgeons move on quickly but their legacy is one of swift decline. Surgeons get the most reward and recognition but in fact deliver almost as little as Philosophers.
Architects achieve the most longer term but are rewarded and recognised the least.
If you are involved or interested in school management then I highly recommend having a read.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-37717211
My DCs' school has in rapid succession worked its way through many philosophers and surgeons. The result is a school back into special measures for the third time in the time we have been associated with the school (9 years).