Teaching Leaders Programme

Do you have aspiring middle leaders? Do you want to improve your school's performance and help more children and young people from disadvantaged areas?

If the answer is yes, then the Teaching Leaders Programme might be just what you're looking for.

Delivered by registered charity, The Ambition Institute, and fully-funded by the DfE, the Teaching Leaders Programme has been independently shown to be the only middle leadership development programme in England to have an impact on pupil outcomes. It provides participants with access to over 100 hours of development across the two year course, including one-to-one coaching, national whole-cohort development days and local peer group support sessions. 

It also provides the opportunity for participants to complete either the NPQML or NPQSL through the programme.

There are no additional supply costs to the school, with all training taking place outside of school hours and the school and its pupils can directly reap the benefits:

• Primary schools - there is an increase in performance of low attaining pupils with Teaching Leaders participants, resulting in +9% in Maths, 6% in Reading and 7% in Writing.

• Secondary schools - 1 in 12 pupils achieving a grade higher at GCSE in departments led by a Teaching Leaders Participant.

The ideal candidate? A Primary phase leader or secondary head of department are obvious candidates, however there will be lots of variations to job titles, so as long as participants are in a middle leadership position, line manage another staff member and have some level of responsibility for teaching and learning outcomes in classrooms (so not staff that are 100% pastoral), they will be eligible to apply.

With the programme being fully-funded by the DfE, schools do have to meet certain eligibility criteria to be able to access this training free of charge.

Enquiries

To enquire if your school would be eligible or for further details you can visit the Ambition Institute's website, or contact Lorraine Moulton, the regional manager for Warwickshire: Lorraine.moulton@ambition.org.uk