London Leadership Strategy

The London Leadership Strategy is a strand of the City Challenge initiative. It focuses on the development needs of school leaders and on the expansion of all aspects of leadership capacity in London schools. The strategy affords leaders in London the opportunity to build leadership capacity at every level within their school and to work in close collaboration with other schools. Although the strategy is run by NCSL , the majority of its programmes are delivered by external organisations, including the Institute of Education, Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT), Centre for British Teachers Education Trust (CfBT) and Hay Group.

Aims

• raise standards across London schools
• re-establish London as a leading force in educational development
• motivate education professionals to work in London
• narrow the achievement gap within London’s schools
• nurture, develop and sustain best practice
• grow a collaborative culture across London’s schools to enhance pupil learning
• learn from London ideas, and disseminate the learning to others nationally and internationally

Programme includes

• Consultant Leader Deployment Programme : designed to match qualified consultant leaders with schools that are facing challenging circumstances. It began in London secondary schools in September 2003. It was rolled out to pupil referral units and schools for children with emotional and behavioural difficulties in 2005. The programme has now also been replicated in London primary schools as of September 2006.
  
  • Development Programme for Consultant Leadership – a training programme designed to provide suitable candidates with the skills needed to help the strategy to provide programmes and support to London schools.
  • PRU and EBD Consultant Leader Development Programme (296kb, 2 pages)
• Extended Leadership Visits : senior members of selected London schools have the opportunity to make two-day visits to schools focusing on key areas, such as behaviour management
• Induction Programme for Newly Appointed Secondary School Headteachers : open to those within their first year of headship in London, the programme aims to maximise the impact of new headteachers. It consists of a 24-hour residential course coupled with leadership co-coaching with current London heads
• Investing in Diversity (100kb, 2 pages): a development programme to prepare aspiring black and minority ethnic London leaders for higher level leadership roles within education
• Graduate Certificate in Educational Leadership Development and Consultancy (95kb, 2 pages): enhances participants’ command of the research, theory and techniques underlying training and consultancy
• Mentoring-coaching: a programme to familiarise participants with generic skills of mentoring-coaching
  Coaching Programme for Senior and Middle Leaders (176kb, 1 page)
• Middle Management Introduction (1Mb, 2 pages): open to new middle managers, particularly overseas-trained or newly qualified teachers, the programme provides practical guidance and advice on taking on a management role, coupled with subject- or pastoral-specific tutoring
• Networking Leadership Visits Programme (769kb, 2 pages): open to new leaders within London schools. Participants take part in up to three targeted visits to other London schools, with opportunities to develop best practice

For further information, please contact the London Leadership Strategy team at [email protected] or telephone 020 7023 4871.