... development Professional qualifications Schools Teachers Training In centralisation, one could detect the government’s intention to control the teaching profession more strongly and ensure that public education is responsive to government and public demands. Neither principals nor governors take...

... introduced in the last 15 years. Then discusses the need for and the development of the National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH) which is being trialled and piloted across England and Wales from 1996‐98. As it now stands, the training efforts are a hotchpotch of one‐day, one‐week, short...