At the beginning of the spring term, Gary Lewis, headteacher of Kings Langley School in Hertfordshire, is facing several major challenges. He is expecting an Ofsted inspection at any time, Healthy Schools accreditation is due and he is leading the bid to gain specialist arts status for the school. The specialist bid in particular takes up a huge amount of Gary’s time, eating into his weekends and early mornings as he and his chair of governors attend a networking breakfast event to make links with local businesses. The healthy schools assessor arrives for a busy day at the school, starting with an assembly about stress given by Gary and culminating in her decision about whether or not to accredit the school. And hanging over everything going on at the school is the question over when the call from Ofsted will come...

Video Series: Head for Success
Release Date 2006