At St Alfeges with St Peters CofE School new headteacher Hazel Burnie is determined to enrich the services that are available for pupils outside of regular school hours. With the goal of achieving high quality extended services Hazel seeks help from educational coach Niki Thomas. Niki encourages Hazel to look at the overall vision for the school and see how the current challenge will fit into this. How can current services be improved? Which members of staff would be suitable to join a steering team? Niki is able to help Hazel realise that by distributing the workload she is able to have a strategic overview and maintain a leadership position, without taking on all the work herself. The head is also encouraged to turn to others who have been through the same process to glean some more tips.

Video Series: New Heads: What Do I Do Now
Release Date 2008