The present systematic review research whose objective is to identify the most effective pedagogical leadership practices for improving academic results in students, based on the review and critical analysis of the included studies. It is a basic type, systematic review, with a quantitative approach and relational descriptive design. The PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) method was used to guarantee the transparency and quality of the systematic review. In addition, a search of recent scientific publications over five years is carried out through databases such as Scopus, Scielo, Web of Science and Google Scholar. The search identified 60 articles, 16 were selected for the systematic review. The results are presented in tables, considering the studies related to pedagogical leadership practices and academic results and the questions that guided the research. It is concluded that the findings of this systematic review highlight the importance of promoting educational leadership with an emphasis on distributed leadership, emphasis on learning, teacher collaboration and professional development, as fundamental practices associated with improving results. students' academics. These results provide relevant inputs for decision-making in the educational field.

leadership, academic results, improvement, educational practices.