Jumping Out of the Window

We put our faith in Britain's educators to teach our children the Three Rs. But what if they could teach us as well?

Jonathan opens up about life as a teacher, and in the process teaches some important lessons about leadership for everyone.

From a knife flying across the classroom to outstanding inspection results, Jonathan has helped turn around four major schools from inadequate inspection reports, to being excellent in all areas.

This isn't theory, this is the story of a life, with tales from a varied and successful career. It certainly doesn't pull any punches. Jonathan has taught in tough state schools and one of the best independents in the country. During that time, he encountered brilliant students with terrible parents, terrible students with brilliant parents, incompetent governors and mad headteachers. Join him as he talks about undercover operations in school, mafia gangs, false accusations, and the excitement of working with young people in some of the most difficult, as well as some of the most prestigious schools in the world. Through it all, there are leadership lessons for everyone, taken from the place everyone has experience of: their high school.

There's no rocket science in taking a school through to excellence. Through the lens of an educator, Jonathan offers practical and honest examples of how to develop leadership in yourself and in others and this book shows exactly how to do it.