Not every school needs a head teacher, according to a National College for School Leadership report.
The college suggests using deputy heads to run schools for part of theweek or having one head for a group of schools. The report follows unionfears that English schools are facing a head teacher recruitmentcrisis.
Steve Munby, chief executive of college, said: "We are entering a newera in school leadership that is challenging the long-held assumptionthat every school needs its own head teacher."
However, David Tuck, vice-president of the National Association for HeadTeachers, called it a lunatic idea. "It seems to be a case of if youcan't recruit them, do without them," he said.
