Staff room revolution as women take top school jobs [Guardian.co.uk]
- Published: 25 September 2009
The sexual revolution has finally reached the staff room. A long-term shortage of headteachers has been reduced by a sharp rise in the number of senior female staff applying to become £100,000-a-year heads of secondaries.
There has been a sudden increase in the appointment of female headteachers, with the proportion of secondary schools run by women increasing to 44% in 2008-09 from 31% the year before, and from a five-year average of 37%. The number of secondaries that were forced to re-advertise posts after failing to recruit the first time round dropped from 21% to 19%.
More than 60 secondary schools advertised their headteacher post with a salary in excess of £100,000.
Full Story: http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/sep/25/headteachers-secondary-school-women
