Coaching has helped head teachers in the North of England navigate pandemic-related challenges, delegates at the EMCC conference heard. Cheshire-based former head teachers Louise Gohr and Helen Morris, both trained coaches, joined Durham-based head teacher Dominic Curran to share stories of how coaching has benefited teachers, parents and schoolchildren. Coaching has helped head teachers cope with challenges including high pressure and high workloads, increased accountability and negative media attention, remote learning and key worker provision, and the need to adapt their leadership style....