Angele Pulis is a Lecturer at the Institute for Education, Malta, and Chairperson of its Research Ethics Board. She holds a PhD from the University of Leicester and has extensive experience in educational leadership, quality assurance, and educational neuroscience. Formerly a Head and Assistant Head in Maltese schools, she has taught science across multiple levels. Her research focuses on leadership, pupil voice, and mixed methods in education.

This quantitative study investigates how Heads of Maltese State Schools define and interpret ‘quality’ in education. A questionnaire distributed to all Heads of Schools explores how factors such as gender, years of experience, and school type influence their perspectives. Correlational analysis identifies patterns and variables shaping these views. The resulting data will generate a Head of Schools–informed list of indicators characterising educational quality in the Maltese context.