Subject leadership in primary schools — Towards distributed practice

Abstract

This paper is based on findings from the authors' PhD thesis looking at the role of Subject Leadership in primary schools. The study reports data collected from 20 subject leaders in 10 schools within 2 Local Education Authorities and sets the role of the subject leader within the context of a primary school, highlighting the varied complexities of this position. The information collected indicates amongst other points that there is a necessity for subject leaders to become more pro-active in their approach to the role developing their own ideas for change rather than simply reacting to external agendas.