South region news

For Leadership Network members in the South West, London and the South East.

Regional events

Date	Event title	Region
20 May 2009	Working towards community cohesion	South East
22 May 2009	Valuing our future: Leading sustainable schools	London and the South East
16 June 2009	Practical solutions to school business management	London
24 June 2009	Practical solutions to school business management	South West
2 July 2009	Working towards community cohesion	South West

Read summaries of previous regional events.

Partnership events and initiatives

The Federation of Leaders in Special Education (FLSE) are holding a conference entitled ‘SEN leaders: A collective voice’ on Thursday 19 March, at Central Hall, Westminster, London. For more information, view the conference flyer (432kb, 4 pages).

Message from your regional leaders

"We have been connecting with school leaders and local authorities in the region. Here is a sample of the types of activities we have been involved with.

Working in partnership with a group of headteachers and local authority colleagues to convene a two-day leadership conference with learning visits to schools within the programme.
Using the Leadership Network experience in developing short internship programmes to support the development of similar programmes (in partnership with local authorities) to enable leaders to spend a week in another setting.
Following up contacts from new members who have a story to tell or a problem to solve and visiting them in their schools.
Developing a leadership conference and middle leaders support programme with school leaders across three local authorities."

If any of these activities are of interest to you, please contact your regional leader to find out more.

Large venue sought

Are you a large primary or secondary school in the South region with facilities to hold a regional event in the autumn term 2009? We are looking for possible venues with capacity of between 60 to 100 to hold a cross-regional event. We are able to offer payment to the host venue. Why not take the opportunity to coincide this with an INSET day when much of your school will be unoccupied? Another option would be that we could work with you and other local schools to develop a bespoke event around a leadership theme relevant to your needs.

Please contact Rhonda Moore or Sue Thackeray if you would like further information or if you can help.

School business manager (SBM) advocates

NCSL has appointed SBM advocates to operate within the nine government regions. The remit of the SBM advocate is to raise awareness of the SBM profession, promote avenues for career progression and demonstrate how the role improves school effectiveness. If you are an SBM and would like to link with other SBMs in your region, please contact:

South West – [email protected]
South East – [email protected]
London – [email protected]

Online learning opportunities

23 February onwards – Sustainable schools – what is working for you?. Join this follow-up discussion to the event held this February.
18 March – Headteachers and co-located children’s centres.
25 March – Leading personalisation amidst curriculum reform.

Find out more about current and forthcoming online learning opportunities, including details of how to register.

Steering groups

We are currently developing three steering/stewardship groups – one of which is a stewardship group for London – which will represent as many London local authorities as possible. If you’d like to be involved or find out more, please contact [email protected].