Table of Contents

About the author; Introduction; Hearing a different drummer; Lies, damned lies and interviews; Teachers' democratic rights; Reversing the flow; Have consultancy, will travel, Taking the theses, Ofsted: the aftermath; The secretary fromhell; Dear Agony Aunt...; The agony continues...; Piling on the agony; Politics, deceit and the headteacher; The admissions game; The head as a spin doctor; The mailed fist is the not so velvet glove; Pressure down the line; Whispering in the head's ear; Blindfolding the second fiddle; Deviant definitions; Democracy, banana style

About the Author

David Hellawell is Professor of Education Management and Associate Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Central England in Birmingham.

Reviews

"'Research repeatedly shows the difficulty of staying sane in insane places. David Hellawell is the shining exception as, once again, he highlights the bizarre politics and practices of our allegedly rational education system. Read him and stay sane tool' John Eggleston, Professor of Education, University of Warwick 'David Hellawell's writing is for those who really take education seriously. Without his wit, insights, sense and sensibility, we might be led into an uncritical void of educational dogma - of our own and others' making! He illuminates the work of headteachers and schools to bring fresh zest to our thinking.' Peter Williman, Headteacher, Meadows First School, Bromsgrove"