Clear, exceptionally practical, and comprehensive, the bestselling Handbook of School Management is the essential reference book for anyone involved in managing a school: principals, deputies, senior management teams, school governing bodies, education department officials, and senior teachers working towards promotion.

• 57 sample policies and useful checklists that schools can adapt for their own use

• examples from international best practice on areas such as financial controls, budgeting, ethics, turning around under-performing schools, dealing with disruptive students

• the results of international research into school management, staff professional development, financial management, discipline, criteria for professionalism, and change management, among others

• relevant South African case studies and examples on how to make a difference to poorly performing schools, textbook retention, and how to deal with issues of safety and security

• commonsensical, practical advice and suggestions on how to handle problem areas, such as fee remissions and fee collection, based on the author’s hard-earned personal experience as head of two schools in widely different socio-economic areas

• concise explanations of the South African legislation affecting schools, and the differing roles of the principal and the governing body.

• Principals

• Deputies

• Senior management teams

• School governing bodies

• Education department officials

• Senior teachers working towards promotion – in primary and secondary schools, urban and rural, well- resourced and under-resourced, Section 20 and Section 21 schools