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Leading Secondary English

Donal Hale
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Product details

  • ISBN 9781801996853
  • Weight: 320g
  • Dimensions: 134 x 212mm
  • Publication Date: 12 Feb 2026
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Description

Unlock the secrets to developing an expert English department with Leading Secondary English.

Written in an accessible, conversational tone, and providing real-life experience through a variety of case studies, Leading Secondary English is the ultimate playbook to help you create and nurture an outstanding secondary school English team. Covering key areas that range from building a culture of excellence, the nuts and bolts of leadership and navigating pedagogy and assessment, Donal Hale shares his invaluable blue-print for successful English teaching and leading an education department.

Topics include:
- implementing routines and habits that maximise everyday learning
- mapping a diverse and knowledge-rich curriculum
- leading department meetings that minimise admin
- enhancing subject knowledge and professional development across staff members.

A comprehensive manual that covers everything a current or aspiring secondary English lead needs to know. Leading Secondary English will help you inspire a love of literature among students and a passion for teaching across staff. It will help you increase your classroom confidence and thrive as you establish an excellent English department.
About Donal Hale
Donal Hale is Associate Assistant Principal at Trinity Academy Leeds and has 15 years’ experience in teaching, with roles including: Lead Practitioner of Teaching and Learning, Research Lead and Curriculum Leader of English in a range of schools. Donal speaks regularly at national conferences, addressing English-specific pedagogy and developing routines and habits that allow English departments to thrive. He is committed to staff development and an advocate for improved CPD in education. Follow Donal @HaleDonal

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