License – School Leadership Complete Review Guide 2026–2027
Every exam topic in a 28-page Arabic PDF, ordered from the heaviest unit to the lightest. The first three chapters alone cover about 75% of the exam questions.
- 28Pages
- 67Key points
- 34Common mistakes
- 54Flashcards
Guide map
Each chapter is one exam unit, ordered by its weight in the real exam.
| Chapter | Unit | Weight | Exam questions | Key points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | School leadership | 29% | 22 | 15 |
| 2 | School and professional development | 24% | 18 | 13 |
| 3 | Professional values, regulations and partnership with family and community | 21% | 16 | 13 |
| 4 | Leading teaching and learning | 16% | 12 | 14 |
| 5 | Improving the school environment | 9% | 7 | 12 |
Chapter 1 in full: School leadership
29% of the exam, about 22 questions. These are its key points, as in the guide.
- The school leadership standards are 19 standards in 5 domains, numbered 6.26.x (6 is the general standard, 26 the school leadership specialty).
- The domain weighs 29.4% in the candidate guide: standards 6.26.1, 6.26.2 and 6.26.4 have 5 questions each, 6.26.5 has 4 and 6.26.3 has 3.
- Administrative re-engineering: a fundamental rethink and radical redesign of work systems and methods for a major improvement (sample in the candidate guide).
The rest of chapter 1, on this page
- The learning organisation: its members learn continuously, work in teams and see the school as one connected system with a shared vision.
- Leader competencies include technical, human and conceptual skills; human skills show in managing relationships and resolving staff conflicts (6.26.1/2).
- SWOT analysis: strengths and weaknesses are internal, opportunities and threats are external.
- The school's operational plan includes the programmes that achieve each goal of the plan (sample in the candidate guide).
- The core management functions: planning, organising, directing and controlling (follow-up and evaluation).
- Job satisfaction is measured with a standardised, periodic, anonymous tool given to everyone, not by individual impressions (6.26.2/6).
- Applying quality standards to transactions: one written procedure, a named owner, a time limit and measurement of actual performance (6.26.2/8).
- A sound decision rests on accurate, correct information, and its effect is followed up after implementation (6.26.3/3).
- Planning strategies for expected problems (preventive planning) is part of standard 6.26.3, alongside treating current problems.
- Instructional supervision is a cooperative professional process that improves teaching and learning by developing teachers (6.26.4/1).
- The leader holds professional meetings on educational issues and works with the supervisor to evaluate and develop staff (6.26.4/6-7).
- Reports are a written means of school communication that present organised facts giving a true picture of a topic or situation (sample in the candidate guide).
Common mistakes in this chapter
- Confusing re-engineering with TQM: re-engineering is a radical one-off change, TQM is gradual continuous improvement.
- Listing a factor the school does not control (such as curriculum changes) as a weakness; it belongs to the external factors (opportunity or threat).
- Vision, mission and environmental analysis belong to the strategic plan; programmes, activities and timelines belong to the operational plan.
- Jumping to a solution (buying equipment, punishing at once) before gathering information and analysing causes breaks the scientific approach.
- Delegation is not abdication: the leader delegates authority and stays accountable for follow-up and results.
- Modern instructional supervision is guidance and support for growth, not inspection hunting for mistakes.
- Relying on a single source (one complaint or a personal impression) before deciding; a sound decision rests on accurate information from several sources.
The other chapters are in the full guide
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7-day review plan
The chapters are spread over 6 days by weight so each day carries a similar load. Day 7 is a full exam.
Day 1 · 29% of the exam
Chapter 1: School leadership
Day 2 · 24% of the exam
Chapter 2: School and professional development
Day 3 · 21% of the exam
Chapter 3: Professional values, regulations and partnership with family and community
Day 4 · 16% of the exam
Chapter 4: Leading teaching and learning
Day 5 · 9% of the exam
Chapter 5: Improving the school environment
Day 6
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- Practitioner level 50%38 correct out of 75
- Advanced level 70%53 correct out of 75
- Expert level 80%60 correct out of 75
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The first three key points of each chapter, as they appear in the guide (in Arabic in the PDF).
Chapter 1: School leadership
- The school leadership standards are 19 standards in 5 domains, numbered 6.26.x (6 is…
- The domain weighs 29.4% in the candidate guide
- Administrative re-engineering
Chapter 2: School and professional development
- The domain weighs 23.9%
- Teacher self-evaluation
- School self-evaluation indicators are grouped into domains, including learning outcomes, teaching and learning, and…
Chapter 3: Professional values, regulations and partnership with family and community
- The domain weighs 21.4%
- Standard 6.26.19 has the most indicators in the test (10), followed by 6.26.17 (8).
- Education policy in Saudi Arabia derives from Islam as belief, law and a complete…
Chapter 4: Leading teaching and learning
- The domain weighs 16%
- Piaget's stages
- Social constructivism (Vygotsky)
Chapter 5: Improving the school environment
- The domain weighs 9.3%
- Standard 6.26.14 has 7 indicators, from hard work, cooperation and creativity to equipment, storage…
- Common traits of creative thinking
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Is it up to date for 2026–2027?
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- Pages
- 28
- Edition
- 1448 AH · 2026–2027
- Language
- Arabic
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