Emerging Leaders

Provide opportunities for fast-track teachers to undertake whole school responsibilities for relevant career progression (e.g. AST, ET)
Offer access to a programme of middle/senior leadership shadowing for teachers at all levels
Offer coaching and mentoring programmes for emerging leaders
Offer opportunities for small-scale leadership projects for teachers at all levels
Provide opportunities to work with/join leadership team
Provide opportunities to participate in recruitment/selection of staff

Provide opportunities for coaching and mentoring

Middle Leaders

Support professional development of middle leaders through the school’s CPD policy e.g. attendance at training within and beyond school
Offer opportunities for shadowing of senior leaders and headteachers and secondments to senior leadership team
Provide coaching and mentoring opportunities to develop leadership skills
Provide opportunities and training for performance management/reviewer responsibility

Provide opportunities for leading whole school initiative and developing leadership skills

Senior Leadership Team

Delegate and rotate leadership roles within senior leadership team to ensure wide range of experience and skill development
Offer training and opportunities to coach others
Provide experience of active participation in working with governors

Provide opportunities to assume acting headteacher role in Head’s absence

Early Headship

Governing Body to work with the Head and SLT to develop and establish a shared vision for whole school development

Governing Body to facilitate new HT induction and support from LA and National College

Middle Headship

Governing Body
- Provide resources to support headteacher’s performance management/development/work life balance
- Support distributed leadership structure to enable headteachers to focus on strategic school priorities
Senior leadership team support headteachers in operational and strategic running of the school

Provide opportunity to undertake further study
Provide support for head to take increased role beyond the school

Support the distributed leadership culture within the school to aid and facilitate succession planning

Experienced Headteachers and System Leaders

Governors support the development of a wider leadership role beyond the school
Support the culture change and wider moral purpose of system leadership

Management and leadership structures within the school are robust and sufficient to enable headteachers to take a wider role beyond the school