Inclusion: A Principled Guide for School Leaders

Nicola Crossley · Des Hewitt

Jun 2021 · Routledge

About this ebook

This valuable and accessible guide navigates school leaders and those in training through a number of key areas of inclusion, providing context and understanding, helpful definitions, examples of leadership in action, and ten essential principles of inclusive leadership.

Inclusion: A Principled Guide for School Leaders discusses what a culture of inclusion should look like: in classes, in schools, and in the education sector more widely. Each chapter acts as a think piece to stimulate debate, to reflect upon the purpose of education, and to ask how far we have come in embracing inclusion. The book also offers suggested actions for principled leaders and illustrative case studies to bring the theory to life, taken from a range of schools and spanning a wide number of topics, including:

• Inclusive Learning
• Partnerships with Learners and Families
• Special Educational Needs
• Disadvantage and Socio-Economic Poverty
• Culture, Language and Ethnicity

This book explores a variety of issues in inclusion, highlighting the implications for school leaders and offering an approach to develop learning for marginal groups through effective strategic leadership. It will be essential reading for SENCOs, middle and senior leaders, but equally of interest to those who aspire to be inclusive leaders of the future.

About the author

Nicola Crossley is Director of Inclusion at Astrea Multi-Academy Trust, Sheffield, UK. She is also a council member and the SEN Representative for the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL).

Des Hewitt is Head of Primary and Early Years Teacher Education in the Centre for Teacher Education, University of Warwick, UK.