Early Headship Provision

Early headship represents a critical phase in any school leader’s development. Created especially for those undertaking this key step change in their professional lives, Early Headship Provision (EHP) is designed to meet the needs of a unique set of people at a unique stage in their careers, supporting them as their needs emerge over an important three-year period.

The personalised nature of this provision allows headteachers to focus on the opportunities that will make a difference to their own leadership effectiveness, enabling them to have an even greater impact on both staff and students in their schools.

Once registered for EHP you will have access to:

• a flexible grant of £1,300, which may be spent with any training provider
• fully funded access to New Visions, our highly-successful development programme for new headteachers
• learning review tools and opportunities for your development from both NCSL and regional EHP providers
• a learning opportunity source and search service provided regionally

See the EHP guide (155kb, 12 pages) for further details.

Eligibility

EHP is available to all newly appointed, first time headteachers and acting headteachers in England in:

• maintained schools
• non-maintained special schools
• pupil referral units
• services offering direct teaching to pupils
  

The above also applies to acting heads, providing that they are within the role for a minimum period of one school term.

After the period of acting headship, the provision may be frozen until another acting headship position or substantive headship is secured. The grant will then be made available for you to use until the remainder of the three years has elapsed.

Availability

EHP is available for up to three years from the take up date of your first headship (or acting headship) post.

All previous HIP participants were automatically transferred to EHP from 1 September 2006. These participants are now able to spend the remainder of their grants with any training provider. Further information on how access your grant to may be obtained through your regional EHP provider. Further details are available on the how to apply page.