The Education White Paper (DfE, 2010) and the Education White Paper (DfE, 2016) outline that Schools and School Leaders will be provided with greater autonomy and control in school contexts. The Secretary of State (2010) outlined that School leaders have a key role to play in setting direction and creating a positive school culture including the proactive school mindset and supporting and enhancing staff motivation and commitment needed to foster improvement and promote success for schools in all circumstances.

Effective Leadership Practices and approaches can enhance and support better teaching and learning and thus promote better outcomes for students as demonstrated by studies outlined in the Harvard Business Review (2018) on ‘How to turn around a failing school’.

The Senior Education Leadership Programme is delivered by sector experts and will offer the opportunity for you to gain a PGCert Senior Education Leaders qualification from the University of East London.

You will get the chance to explore the profile of an effective leader in education. The programme will help you to develop a sound understanding of self-awareness, self-management, and social awareness, plus an understanding of how to empower individuals, build teams, align people towards common goals and manage relationships within your organisation.

The course aims to equip you with the skills to lead the development of others and to lead and support those around you to be the best they can be.

Through interactive presentations, case study explorations, open discussion and group work, the facilitators will deliver thought-provoking sessions in an engaging and memorable environment.

• To ensure rich discussion there is a suggested maximum of 20 attendees per session
• The programme will be interactive and delegate led – facilitators will adapt to meet delegate need
• Each session will explore topics pertinent to leadership and management in education as well as provide practical skills to equip delegates with tools to apply in their everyday practice

The key dimensions of successful leadership that will be applied throughout the learning are:

• Defining the vision, values and direction
• Improving conditions for teaching and learning
• Redesigning the organisation: aligning roles and responsibilities
• Enhancing teaching and learning
• Redesigning and enriching the curriculum
• Enhancing teacher quality (including succession planning)
• Building relationships inside the school community
• Building relationships outside the school community
• Placing an emphasis on common values