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Five Steps Ahead is a practical guide for teachers stepping into middle leadership and those already leading departments who want to strengthen their impact. Focusing on daily actions rather than long-term strategy, the book provides a no-nonsense approach to learning a team, improving outcomes, and building sustainable systems.

At its core, the book argues that strong departments are built through clarity and consistency: communication, systems, expectations and priorities. The book breaks these aims into clear, manageable areas, such as Learning People and Managing Assessment.

Each chapter provides practical strategies, real examples, and clear routines that help leaders move from reactive firefighting to proactive and purposeful leadership.

Designed to be both a guide and a reference tool, Five Steps Ahead supports middle leaders at every stage of their journey - from securing their first leadership role to developing others within their teams to be ready to take that step themselves. It is a book about thinking ahead, building strong foundations, and creative departments where both staff and students can thrive.



About the Author :
Laura Webb is a Head of English and middle leader with experience leading curriculum and departmental improvement in challenging school contexts. Alongside her work in schools, she runs laurawebbcpd.com, where she shares practical CPD and leadership guidance with teachers and middle leaders across the UK. She has also led English across her school trust and currently runs the middle leader programme within her school. Her work focuses on instructional clarity, subject expertise, sustainable leadership and building high-performing teams while remaining closely connected to the realities of classroom teaching.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781036000011
  • Publisher: Hachette Learning
  • Publisher Imprint: Hachette Learning
  • Height: 208 mm
  • No of Pages: 200
  • Weight: 750 gr
  • ISBN-10: 103600001X
  • Publisher Date: 11 Sep 2026
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 18 mm
  • Width: 146 mm


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