The Roles and Tasks of a Subject Head of Department in Secondary Schools in England and Wales: a neglected area of research?

This paper reviews the research recently undertaken on the Head of Department role in secondary schools in England and Wales and aims to link current knowledge to their influence on classroom teaching and learning processes. A rather fragmentary literature exists which tends to deal with the role from a holistic point of view. No research could be found which specifically relates these two aspects directly, but some suggestions are made which might help in providing the direction of future research.