Aspiring to Headship

Are you likely to be applying for a headship role within the next 12 months? Our one-day course will help ensure that you are able to apply with confidence and perform highly throughout the selection process. 

This intensive one-day course will cover a wide range of areas relevant to headship, and offers a balance of activities between those that mirror the activities likely to be part of a headship selection process and those which will further enhance and develop your knowledge and skills in the key domains required at headship level.

Delegates will be required to submit a letter of application for headship and prepare a presentation.  Full details will be advised at the time of booking.

This course is suitable for deputy headteachers and assistant headteachers in secondary and post-16 education.

Alternative date:
14 November | Leicester
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Gareth Burton

Principal, Chipping Campden School

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8:30am       Refreshments and registration
         
9:00am       Welcome and introductions
         
9:15am       Workshop 1 – Leadership styles and letters of application
         
10:15am       Workshop 2 – Finance and data
         
11:15am       Refreshment break
         
11:30am       Workshop 3 – Managing challenging conversations
         
12:00pm       Workshop 4 – Prioritisation and personal wellbeing
         
12:30pm       Question time
         
1:00pm       Lunch
         
1:30pm       Interviews
         
3:00pm       Refreshment break
         
3:15pm       Presentations
         
4:45pm       Plenary, evaluation and close
         
5:00pm       Depart
         

  • Opportunity to reflect on personal leadership styles and approaches.
  • Opportunity to develop a coherent educational philosophy, that can be easily articulated at a headship interview.
  • Further enhance knowledge and skills in key domains required for leadership at headship level, such as handling challenging conversations, whole-school finance and whole-school data.
  • Practise demonstrating the key skills and competencies likely to be required during the selection process for a headship post.
  • Opportunity to learn from other senior leaders on the course.

Members: £265+VAT 
Non-members: £280+VAT

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