The two directions formulating a crisis in primary Catholic school leadership

Since the year 2000, there has been a statistically high proportion of head teachers leaving the profession.

While there have been studies conducted to predict when this exodus would conclude, the actual reasons for why senior people are leaving their positions have not been explored so far.

Schools have found replacing head teachers increasingly difficult and the inevitable leadership crisis has been well documented by both scholars and the media.

The leadership crisis has been most noticeable within the Catholic Primary School sector, where statistics have consistently shown an issue with recruiting people to headship positions.

This title considers the reasons for the crisis and looks at potential solutions.