Originally qualified as a youth worker, Michael Power managed youth work provision across multiple youth centres for a local authority. Since qualifying as a teacher he has worked in a small rural school in North Wales, a large Church of England school in Cheshire and an Academy converter in Greater Manchester that was in special measures. Throughout this time he experienced a wealth of issues in the role of head of year alongside engaging in his own original research for a masters degree in educational practice. This collaboration between academic research and lived experience across a variety of settings positions him as an ideal author for this book.

1. Great year leadership 2. Pastoral care 3. Student wellbeing 4. Tackling behaviour and engaging learners 5. Raising aspirations 6. Driving attendance 7. Celebrating achievement 8. Safeguarding - everybody's responsibility 9. Bullying and cyberbullying 10. Dealing with major events 11. Working to drive progress 12. Tackling disadvantage 13. Parental engagement 14. Leading from the middle 15. Vision and ethos 16. Managing yourself 17. Managing your team 18. Managing workload 19. Developing leaders of the future