Introduction

"Ambitious, Excellent Schools" recognised that excellent schools are driven by high quality leadership and that inspirational school leaders make a lasting difference to the lives of generations of young people and to whole communities.  Consequently strengthening educational leadership across Scotland remains a key priority for all of us in the Scottish educational community.
Within our establishments there is a growing understanding of the need to develop leadership at all levels of the system. Good leaders lead learning in their workplace; they contribute to a culture of collegiality and shared practice. They understand that effective leadership is important to create an environment which will provide every Scottish child with the best possible start in life.

"What is Leadership?" Learning and Teaching website  (as at 24/5/07):
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/cpdscotland/leadership/aboutleadership.asp