As the adage goes, no two schools are the same. Some lead with a core pedagogical approach, others are a sum of their didactical parts, the rest somewhere in between. Similarly, no two students are the same - each learns best in different ways, which holds true regardless of their school’s direction.

To steer the ship, senior leaders need a handle on the goings on across their school, from the success of a new policy through to student welfare, both at scale and for individual learners. It is class teachers who regularly engage students one-to-one, best positioned to gather such insight and collectively keep an SLT in the know.