The most valuable aspect of participation in the Network has been the face-to-face events, with a focus for input by practitioners to critically look at practice.

Leadership Network regional events

NCSL’s Leadership Network offers a varied programme of interactive and collaborative leadership learning events throughout the year. These events are free for school leaders to attend with an invitation to identify leadership issues that you feel would benefit from a fresh perspective. They will provide you with ongoing opportunities to connect with school leaders in your local area and nationally, contribute to identifying the agenda for future network activity in your region and provide you with lots of practical ideas to inform your leadership.

The Leadership Network is also working in partnership with other organisations – including the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT), the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA), CfBT and the National Strategies – on the leadership of the new secondary curriculum, to provide Leadership Network members with access to events across the regions. Find out more about partnership activity.

Spring/summer events

Download the spring and summer 2009 events programme (180kb, 6 pages).

North region

Date	Event title	Audience	Region
25 March 2009	Leadership strategies within a multi-agency setting to deliver the five outcomes from Every Child Matters	All	North West
30 April 2009	Leadership in faith schools	All faith school leaders	North East
22 May 2009	Senior leadership team visioning	Senior leadership team members	Yorkshire and the Humber
9 June 2009	Leadership within the community	All school leaders	North East
16 June 2009	Leadership within the community	All school leaders	North East
26 June 2009	Championing the voice of practice – sustaining network learning hubs	School leaders involved in 2007-08 learning initiatives	North West

Central region

Date	Event title	Audience	Region
19 March 2009	Liberating leadership – not all leaders are teachers	All school leaders	East Midlands
7 May 2009	Exploring new models of leadership With keynote speech from Steve Munby, NCSL Chief Executive	All school leaders and governors	East Midlands, East of England and West Midlands
2 June 2009	Exploring new models of leadership	All school leaders	East Midlands
18 June 2009	Exploring new models of leadership	All school leaders	East of England
25 June 2009	Exploring new models of leadership	All school leaders	West Midlands

South region

Date	Event title	Audience	Region
20 May 2009	Working towards community cohesion	All school leaders	South East
22 May 2009	Valuing our future: leading sustainable schools	All school leaders, governors, local authority representatives	London and the South East
16 June 2009	Practical solutions to school business management	All senior leaders and school business managers	London
24 June 2009	Practical solutions to school business management	All school leaders	South West
2 July 2009	Working towards community cohesion	All school leaders	South West