This conceptual article seeks to explore the leadership perspectives which can assist school leaders to enact moral purpose. Through a comprehensive exploration of a relevant literature, I propose a practical framework to guide the process of enacting moral purpose. In this analytical framework, I argue that moral, shared and collaborative leadership perspectives can assist in describing ways in which school leaders and other relevant stakeholders can pragmatically solve challenges of learner achievement and school improvement facing many South African schools. Although moral, shared and collaborative leadership perspectives are interrelated in practice, the interest they serve in the process of enacting moral purpose are distinct and different. Therefore, by conceptualising these three leadership perspectives, the article acknowledges the important role that individual actors ought to play in the enactment of moral purpose in order to improve learner achievement. Actors such as school leaders, teachers, learners and parents ought to position themselves at the nexus of school improvement by engaging in collaborative working arrangements, sharing leadership and building moral leadership capabilities.
