Leadership and Policy in Schools provides a detailed analysis of how secondary schools - in different countries and different socioeconomic contexts and led by principals with different leadership experiences but similar strongly held moral purposes and principles of social justice - effectively respond to and enact government policies for the improvement of teaching and learning and pupil outcomes. It brings together extensive and rich evidence from a range of research projects led by the authors over the last decade, which have investigated the impact of school leadership on the improvement of pupils' academic and social outcomes in the wider 'high stakes' testing environments and educational reform contexts. Written by a global team of internationally recognised authors, Leadership and Policy in Schools will appeal to school leaders internationally, policy makers, leadership training organisations and academics who lead and teach on post-graduate leadership and management programmes.