'Headship is a privilege' is toxic gratitude culture. You chose the job, yes. But that doesn't mean accepting: not eating lunch, verbal abuse, 3am anxiety, missing family events. Leadership deserves boundaries, not martyrdom. #Headteacher #SchoolLeadership #EducationLeadership #Headship

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What if your staff aren't stepping up because you won't let them? Every rescue teaches passivity. You're doing everyone's job while yours doesn't get done. The school needs you strategic, not indispensable. Perhaps we should talk. #Headteacher #SchoolLeadership #Education #UKSchools

This image popped up on my phone this morning. It was taken when I was a headteacher. I was visiting another headteacher in our network. Time to offload. She had just been gifted a milk frother and it was the envy of our group! The coffee game is real(!) #Headteachers #SchoolLeadership #Coffee

I write about when headship goes wrong. Not because you lack capability, but because I know how easily it tips from challenging to damaging. You're stuck in survival mode. Survival mode doesn't care about strategy - it just wants to keep you breathing. #Headteachers #SchoolLeadership #EdChat #UKEd

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You're not tired from doing too much. You're exhausted from overriding your judgment fifty times a day. Every time you second-guess yourself, accommodate when you should boundary, or step in when you should delegate - you fight yourself. That's what's draining you. #Headteachers #SchoolLeadership

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Friends work 9-5. You work all the time. Imagine finishing work and being done. Imagine weekends that are yours. Imagine sick days without guilt. This can be your reality. Let's talk. #headteacher #schoolleadership #worklifebalance

Spotted at my local scrap space: 'One person's trash is another one's treasure.' Creative rest helps me switch off. Buttons become jewellery, fabric scraps become collage, wood offcuts become... something. What type of rest helps you keep your mind clear? #creativity #upcycling #rest

Headteachers manage complex roles in complex situations. They deserve support to stay in role and be at their most effective as leaders. I'm Kirsty and I work with time-poor headteachers to stop the firefighting so they can get on with the strategic. #Headteachers #SchoolLeadership

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You got this role because you think strategically. So why are you spending your days firefighting? This leader knew she had it in her - she just couldn't access it anymore. If you're a capable strategic leader stuck in survival mode, let's talk. #SchoolLeadership #HeadteacherCoaching #EdLeadership

Geese rotate the lead. Front bird breaks wind resistance, drops back. Another takes over. The system is designed for longevity. Schools? One person stuck at the front. Stepping back feels like failure. Sustainable leadership needs rotation built into the system. #SchoolLeadership #Headteacher

You used to know instantly. Now you draft 3 versions and wonder what everyone would think. Your judgment is still excellent. You're just being asked to use it 100 times a day with no breathing space. You're not failing. You're tired. #HeadteacherLife #SchoolLeadership #HeadteacherCoaching

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The busier you get as a headteacher, the more insular you become. I'd shoo away help because explaining felt harder than just doing it myself. But this isn't about delegation. It's about losing access to strategic thinking in firefighting mode. You need your strategic brain back.

I'm Kirsty Fitzscott. Headteacher for 7 years. 25 years in education. Now I coach heads who are trapped in firefighting mode. You're competent but stuck. 3am worries. Second-guessing. Never out of your office. I help you reclaim strategic thinking so you can lead from strengths, not just survive.

I studied Japanese at university. Two years of kanji and mangled pronunciation. Then I got into teaching and forgot most of it. Decades later, my brother-in-law moves to Japan. Now I dust off my rusty Japanese during visits. Skills don't disappear. They just go dormant.

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Headteachers, what's your go-to for unwinding at the weekend? For me, it's getting arty every time. Something about getting paint and other substances on my hands that switches off the strategic brain! #Headteacherlife #Leadership #Leadership#Leadershipcoaching

I get why you're lying awake at 3am running through tomorrow's to-do list. The difficult conversation. The parent email. That staff member who's out of order. Your strategic headspace only happens at 3am now. Next morning? Tired, second-guessing, deciding from exhaustion not clarity. Le'ts talk.

Your school hired a strategic leader. Is that what you're giving them? We've normalised heads being permanently reactive - arriving first, leaving last, taking on everything because delegation takes too long. That's not leadership. #SchoolLeadership #HeadteacherLife

How many leadership books have you bought, hoping to find the answer? You don't need more information. You know you're stuck. You need to actually 𝗱𝗼 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁. One free conversation. All it takes to start ploughing instead of planning. https://www.rfr.bz/b9a41f7 #headteacherch

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You're not broken. You're stuck. There's a difference. #Headteachers #SchoolLeadership #Leadership #Coaching #Education

What's your funniest memory working in schools? In my 25 years, I've collected gems: being called "Mrs Hopscotch," an escaped snake appearing at lunch, a child sleeping through the nativity while another swung baby Jesus above his head, & being complimented looking good dressed as a goat. #ed

Your delegation guilt isn't noble. It's ego dressed up as care. I learned this when my coach asked: "What message are you sending by not trusting your deputy?" Strategic delegation develops your team. Guilt-driven control exhausts you both. #SchoolLeadership #Headteachers

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This term will be different. You meant it over Christmas. You listed all the changes. But Monday will come and the system will remain. By lunchtime you're firefighting again. It's not willpower you need. What if this term could actually be different? #SchoolLeadership #Headteachers

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Great to see 100+ educators honoured in the New Year Honours list. Heads, teachers, MAT leaders, youth workers. Some transformed schools. Many championed opportunities for disadvantaged kids. The government calls some 'unsung heroes.' Who are yours? #SchoolLeadership #NewYearsHonours

Happy New Year to everyone working in education. As we go into the last few days of the holidays, I know the break never feels long enough. I'm hoping you took some good time to step away. Wishing you strength for the term ahead. #HappyNewYear #SchoolLeadership #HeadteacherLife

Boundaries without the guilt? I've written a quick guide for school leaders that includes The Boundary Sandwich Technique, ready-to-use scripts and some guilt-busting reality checks. Get it at: https://www.rfr.bz/b1fe815 #headteacherchat #edusky

Boundaries without the guilt? I've written a quick guide for school leaders that includes The Boundary Sandwich Technique, ready-to-use scripts and some guilt-busting reality checks. Get it at: https://www.rfr.bz/ba340bd #headteacherchat #edusky

If you're firefighting instead of leading, we should talk. You weren't appointed for crisis management. You were appointed for vision & strategic thinking. When 85% of your day is interruption, capacity gets buried. It's still there. But inaccessible. Time to thrive rather than survive? #EducationUK

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There's something magical about that time between arriving at school & the first knock on your door. Before the world needs you. For me, 6:45am. Office lights low. Coffee hot. Mind mine. I'd sit with my diary and actually think. Be the headteacher I was meant to be. Not the one everyone else needed.

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First year as head. A TA in tears thought she'd failed. My instinct? Rescue her. But I asked what she thought instead. She knew the answer. Constant rescuing takes away people's power. Empowerment means trusting they have the capacity to find their own answers. #HeadteacherSupport #Leadership

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"Kirsty's coaching allows me a psychologically safe place - an opportunity to talk, be heard and not judged. The sessions are invaluable." Donna Jagger, Headteacher Sometimes the most valuable thing a head needs is permission to speak honestly without having to perform competence. #Edusky

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I stand for early intervention, not crisis management. You don't have to wait until you're burnt out to deserve support. Noticing you can't access your strategic thinking like before? That's a signal, not a failing. Early intervention matters. #HeadteacherSupport #LeadershipCoaching

Boundaries without the guilt? I've written a quick guide for school leaders that includes The Boundary Sandwich Technique, ready-to-use scripts and some guilt-busting reality checks. Get it at: https://www.rfr.bz/b8bf75e #headteacherchat #edusky

Wishing my connections and clients - past and present, a very Merry Christmas and restful festive period. #MerryChristmas #HappyHolidays #Gratitude #ThankYou #FestiveSeason #RestAndRecharge #HeadteacherLife

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