For headteachers & school leaders
Practical tools built from the inside out
No theory. No consultants. Just clear, tested frameworks from a serving headteacher who uses them every day — guides, courses, and a community for leaders who want to lead with consistency, care, and clarity.
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Resources
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Guides, frameworks, and courses for the realities of school leadership.
The Middle Leadership Toolkit
A complete framework for developing your middle leaders — from initial conversations to sustained accountability. 40-page PDF guide.
Leading School Improvement
A self-paced course covering culture, data, and sustainable change. Six modules. Practical tasks after each one.
The Headship Collective
Monthly resources, a private community, live Q&A sessions, and early access to new courses. Cancel anytime.
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About Harry
A headteacher who still works in schools
I'm Harry French — a serving headteacher who's been in and around school leadership for over a decade. Everything I write and create comes from working in real schools, with real staff and students, in the messy, complex, human reality of the job.
I started writing because I kept finding that the resources available to leaders didn't reflect the schools I actually work in. Too abstract. Too polished. Too detached from what Monday morning actually feels like.
This is my attempt to fix that — practical, honest resources built by someone who is still in it.
Read the blog →What leaders say
Built for the people actually doing the job
The kind of resource I wish had existed when I moved into headship. Practical, honest, and immediately useful.
Harry writes like someone who actually knows what it's like to be in a school on a difficult day. That makes all the difference.
The middle leadership framework transformed how I think about developing my team. I've already recommended it to three colleagues.
From the blog
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From intensity to consistency: rethinking what improvement looks like
Why the most effective school leaders do fewer things — but do them every day without exception.
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The policy was straightforward. What it revealed about belonging, compliance, and trust was anything but.
Read more →Staff recognition that actually means something
How to move beyond pizza Fridays and generic praise — and why authentic recognition costs nothing but attention.
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