Toby Greany
@tobygreany.bsky.social
Professor of Ed at Uni of Nottingham - researching schools policy, leadership, networks, place, systems. Married father of 3 - plus dog! He/him. Remain. Music (Cerys Matthews groupie), walks, travel, cooking.
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TES article from @tobygreany.bsky.social based on his sustainable school leadership research with @patthomson.bsky.social and colleagues.
tes.com/magazine/leadership/strategy/how-global-polycrisis-evolving-school-leadership
tes.com/magazine/leadership/strategy/how-global-polycrisis-evolving-school-leadership
How the global ‘polycrisis’ is changing school leadership
A combination of global social, economic and environmental crises is changing the role of schools - but are we giving leaders the time, skills and resources to respond?
www.tes.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:43 AM
TES article from @tobygreany.bsky.social based on his sustainable school leadership research with @patthomson.bsky.social and colleagues.
tes.com/magazine/leadership/strategy/how-global-polycrisis-evolving-school-leadership
tes.com/magazine/leadership/strategy/how-global-polycrisis-evolving-school-leadership
@patthomson.bsky.social @twperry1.bsky.social @headsup4hts.bsky.social @headsroundtable.bsky.social @ascl-uk.bsky.social @naht.org.uk @eleanorbernardes.bsky.social @vicgoddard.bsky.social @wholeeducation.bsky.social @kathrynmorgan.bsky.social @belmasoffice.bsky.social @samfr.bsky.social
We launched our UK Survey report from the #esrc Sustainable School Leadership research project today.
Big important findings on leaders' work (& workloads), well-being, career journeys & plans, professional learning, views on school contexts/ cultures & more!
www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/gro...
Big important findings on leaders' work (& workloads), well-being, career journeys & plans, professional learning, views on school contexts/ cultures & more!
www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/gro...
Sustainable School Leadership: Comparing Approaches to the Training, Supply and Retention of Senior School Leaders Across the UK - The University of Nottingham
www.nottingham.ac.uk
September 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
We launched our UK Survey report from the #esrc Sustainable School Leadership research project today.
Big important findings on leaders' work (& workloads), well-being, career journeys & plans, professional learning, views on school contexts/ cultures & more!
www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/gro...
Big important findings on leaders' work (& workloads), well-being, career journeys & plans, professional learning, views on school contexts/ cultures & more!
www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/gro...
Sustainable School Leadership: Comparing Approaches to the Training, Supply and Retention of Senior School Leaders Across the UK - The University of Nottingham
www.nottingham.ac.uk
September 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
We launched our UK Survey report from the #esrc Sustainable School Leadership research project today.
Big important findings on leaders' work (& workloads), well-being, career journeys & plans, professional learning, views on school contexts/ cultures & more!
www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/gro...
Big important findings on leaders' work (& workloads), well-being, career journeys & plans, professional learning, views on school contexts/ cultures & more!
www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/gro...
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Fabulous presentation from @tobygreany.bsky.social @mikecollins99.bsky.social @tomperry74.bsky.social and great to see a study of this scale, on Sustainable Leadership. I was also delighted to be respondent.
@belmasoffice.bsky.social @uofgheadship.bsky.social
@belmasoffice.bsky.social @uofgheadship.bsky.social
July 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Fabulous presentation from @tobygreany.bsky.social @mikecollins99.bsky.social @tomperry74.bsky.social and great to see a study of this scale, on Sustainable Leadership. I was also delighted to be respondent.
@belmasoffice.bsky.social @uofgheadship.bsky.social
@belmasoffice.bsky.social @uofgheadship.bsky.social
Thanks so much for being respondent in our Sustainable School Leadership symposium @alisonmitchelluofg.bsky.social - & for coming to my keynote today. I talked about how the global polycrisis is impacting on children, and therefore schools/leaders - meaning they must focus on well-being & care.
Thank you @tobygreany.bsky.social (and colleagues) for centring the lived experiences of headteachers in your #Sustainable #Leadership project. A fabulous keynote @belmasoffice.bsky.social @uofgheadship.bsky.social @seralisen.bsky.social @seraethics.bsky.social @julie67.bsky.social
July 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Thanks so much for being respondent in our Sustainable School Leadership symposium @alisonmitchelluofg.bsky.social - & for coming to my keynote today. I talked about how the global polycrisis is impacting on children, and therefore schools/leaders - meaning they must focus on well-being & care.
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Now available for download!
New report from @tobygreany.bsky.social, @marianmahat.bsky.social and Chris Bradbeer produced for Universitas 21.
doi.org/10.26188/29177357
New report from @tobygreany.bsky.social, @marianmahat.bsky.social and Chris Bradbeer produced for Universitas 21.
doi.org/10.26188/29177357
Teacher recruitment and retention: Challenges and opportunities.
The overarching objective of this report is to develop a better understanding of the issues impacting on teacher recruitment and retention faced at national system level, and then highlight initiative...
doi.org
June 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Now available for download!
New report from @tobygreany.bsky.social, @marianmahat.bsky.social and Chris Bradbeer produced for Universitas 21.
doi.org/10.26188/29177357
New report from @tobygreany.bsky.social, @marianmahat.bsky.social and Chris Bradbeer produced for Universitas 21.
doi.org/10.26188/29177357
Really looking forward to this session with Dr Tom Cowhitt from Uni of Glasgow. Tom is a fantastic academic- he created the data dashboards in the Local Learning Landscapes research we did a couple of years ago. www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/gro...
May 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Really looking forward to this session with Dr Tom Cowhitt from Uni of Glasgow. Tom is a fantastic academic- he created the data dashboards in the Local Learning Landscapes research we did a couple of years ago. www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/gro...
Really important not to let a narrow, cost-based procurement decision dismantle an effective and hard-won GP CIC model in Whitehawk ://sussexbylines.co.uk/news/health-and-care/if-it-aint-broke-dont-fix-it-wellsbourne-healthcare-gp-surgery-under-threat/
If it ain’t broke don’t fix it: Wellsbourne Healthcare GP Surgery under threat
Shock and dismay as much-admired GP practice in East Brighton set to be taken over by a profit-making healthcare company based in Leeds
sussexbylines.co.uk
May 6, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Really important not to let a narrow, cost-based procurement decision dismantle an effective and hard-won GP CIC model in Whitehawk ://sussexbylines.co.uk/news/health-and-care/if-it-aint-broke-dont-fix-it-wellsbourne-healthcare-gp-surgery-under-threat/
Scarily prescient...
May 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Scarily prescient...
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@tobygreany.bsky.social will discuss rethinking leadership development through the lens of place - research findings from the Sustainable School Leadership study in this @ucl.ac.uk webinar on 19 May.
Visit UCL website for full event information:
www.ucl.ac.uk/education-re...
Visit UCL website for full event information:
www.ucl.ac.uk/education-re...
How to build resilient schools: place-based approaches to supporting teachers and leaders
In this webinar, Toby Greany and Steph Ainsworth will discuss their research into developing place-based approaches to school leadership development and tools that schools can use to improve teacher r...
www.ucl.ac.uk
April 30, 2025 at 9:05 AM
@tobygreany.bsky.social will discuss rethinking leadership development through the lens of place - research findings from the Sustainable School Leadership study in this @ucl.ac.uk webinar on 19 May.
Visit UCL website for full event information:
www.ucl.ac.uk/education-re...
Visit UCL website for full event information:
www.ucl.ac.uk/education-re...
I used my prize money to get some fab new books - just need to hide myself away for a week to read them! @ahargreaves.bsky.social
March 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I used my prize money to get some fab new books - just need to hide myself away for a week to read them! @ahargreaves.bsky.social
Thrilled to be awarded the Best Paper 2024 prize by the Edn Mgment, Admin & Leadership (EMAL) journal for this article I wrote w Annelies Kamp! We use complexity theory to explore the leadership of school networks. March of the complexiteers! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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March 17, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Thrilled to be awarded the Best Paper 2024 prize by the Edn Mgment, Admin & Leadership (EMAL) journal for this article I wrote w Annelies Kamp! We use complexity theory to explore the leadership of school networks. March of the complexiteers! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
This is such an important speech by French senator Claude Malhuret... www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Trump Is Nero While Washington Burns
‘Trump’s message is that being his ally serves no purpose, because he will not defend you.’
www.theatlantic.com
March 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM
This is such an important speech by French senator Claude Malhuret... www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Calling all thoughtful school system leaders! These one day events in London & Manchester - facilitated by @maggiefarrar.bsky.social @stevemunby.bsky.social & @marieclaireb.bsky.social - look like a fabulous opportunity to step back & reflect on your 'why'! web.cvent.com/event/0afaf4...
Leadership Mindset - Manchester. Online registration by Cvent
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March 8, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Calling all thoughtful school system leaders! These one day events in London & Manchester - facilitated by @maggiefarrar.bsky.social @stevemunby.bsky.social & @marieclaireb.bsky.social - look like a fabulous opportunity to step back & reflect on your 'why'! web.cvent.com/event/0afaf4...
Jon Hutchinson gives some lovely examples of how teachers & schools across country are working together to develop curriculum coherence, inc across primary / secondary - at the SAfE conf at beautiful RHS Wisley. @jonhutchinson.bsky.social @marymyatt.bsky.social
March 4, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Jon Hutchinson gives some lovely examples of how teachers & schools across country are working together to develop curriculum coherence, inc across primary / secondary - at the SAfE conf at beautiful RHS Wisley. @jonhutchinson.bsky.social @marymyatt.bsky.social
This was such a powerful team thinking opp - time, space, beaches, wine, koalas, lots of data, iterative conversations & complementary perspectives on sustainable school leadership. Strongly recommended! @lizrobinson.bsky.social @billlucas.bsky.social @twperry1.bsky.social @headsup4hts.bsky.social
The research road trip and thinking retreat … highly recommended patthomson.net/2025/02/23/t...
the deep research hangout
It’s been a very busy fortnight. I’ve been immersed in a very deep research hangout. So what is a deep research hangout I hear you ask, and why was I in one? Well, even though I am currently i…
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March 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM
This was such a powerful team thinking opp - time, space, beaches, wine, koalas, lots of data, iterative conversations & complementary perspectives on sustainable school leadership. Strongly recommended! @lizrobinson.bsky.social @billlucas.bsky.social @twperry1.bsky.social @headsup4hts.bsky.social
How the new Ofsted report cards could be improved- by giving parents what they want to know (& strengthening local professional accountability in the process) theconversation.com/how-new-ofst...
How new Ofsted report cards could be improved – by giving parents what they want to know
Parents want external measures of a school – but also to get to know what it is like.
theconversation.com
February 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
How the new Ofsted report cards could be improved- by giving parents what they want to know (& strengthening local professional accountability in the process) theconversation.com/how-new-ofst...
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What does value-based leadership look like across all teams in MATs/schools and for communities?
Insightful report from @tobygreany.bsky.social @eleanorbernardes.bsky.social @uniofnottingham.bsky.social
Really useful for edu-leaders and system-leaders
thatpovertyguy.substack.com/p/news-resea...
Insightful report from @tobygreany.bsky.social @eleanorbernardes.bsky.social @uniofnottingham.bsky.social
Really useful for edu-leaders and system-leaders
thatpovertyguy.substack.com/p/news-resea...
News, research & insights
w/c 17 Feb 2025
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February 17, 2025 at 9:37 AM
What does value-based leadership look like across all teams in MATs/schools and for communities?
Insightful report from @tobygreany.bsky.social @eleanorbernardes.bsky.social @uniofnottingham.bsky.social
Really useful for edu-leaders and system-leaders
thatpovertyguy.substack.com/p/news-resea...
Insightful report from @tobygreany.bsky.social @eleanorbernardes.bsky.social @uniofnottingham.bsky.social
Really useful for edu-leaders and system-leaders
thatpovertyguy.substack.com/p/news-resea...
OK, we did have some fun as well - jazz, beers & cockatoos at #icsei2025 @lizrobinson.bsky.social @jamespope.bsky.social @billlucas.bsky.social
February 13, 2025 at 10:16 AM
OK, we did have some fun as well - jazz, beers & cockatoos at #icsei2025 @lizrobinson.bsky.social @jamespope.bsky.social @billlucas.bsky.social
School leadership landscape, but not as we know it - fantastic pop-up event in Melbourne, with Andy Hargreaves, Tony Mackay, Deb Netolicky, Pat Thomson & me. Covered everything from Cheshire Cats, to reshaping the narrative, to kelp, class & populism @patthomson.bsky.social @ahargreaves.bsky.social
February 13, 2025 at 10:13 AM
School leadership landscape, but not as we know it - fantastic pop-up event in Melbourne, with Andy Hargreaves, Tony Mackay, Deb Netolicky, Pat Thomson & me. Covered everything from Cheshire Cats, to reshaping the narrative, to kelp, class & populism @patthomson.bsky.social @ahargreaves.bsky.social
Researching Sustainable School Leadership (ReSSLe) team - Pat Thomson, Tom Perry, Mike Collins & me - presenting at #icsei2025 in Melbourne today. Some great questions & discussion, thanks to all who came! @patthomson.bsky.social @twperry1.bsky.social
February 13, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Researching Sustainable School Leadership (ReSSLe) team - Pat Thomson, Tom Perry, Mike Collins & me - presenting at #icsei2025 in Melbourne today. Some great questions & discussion, thanks to all who came! @patthomson.bsky.social @twperry1.bsky.social
This from Gert Biesta's excellent keynote @ #icsei2025 - 3 domains of purpose for edn (qualification, socialisation & subjectification) must be held in creative balance. The point of ed is only what cannot be done without edn. Teachers can redirect students to pay attention - developing discernment
February 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
This from Gert Biesta's excellent keynote @ #icsei2025 - 3 domains of purpose for edn (qualification, socialisation & subjectification) must be held in creative balance. The point of ed is only what cannot be done without edn. Teachers can redirect students to pay attention - developing discernment
Martin highlights important associations between teacher support, teacher-student relationships, perseverance, curiosity & belonging etc & academic outcomes. Argues that education can't be 'delivered' - needs to be a process of development. #icsei2025
Martin Westwell - a great Wigan export, now CEO of South Aus school system (having been very successful prof of learning sciences) talking through purpose and principles for system reform - inc tight but loose framework. #icsei2025 @martinwestwell.bsky.social
February 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Martin highlights important associations between teacher support, teacher-student relationships, perseverance, curiosity & belonging etc & academic outcomes. Argues that education can't be 'delivered' - needs to be a process of development. #icsei2025