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Corporate plan 2008-09

Read NCSL's corporate plan 2008-09 (pdf, 888kb, 28 pages) and find out how we intend to achieve our goals.

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National College for School Leadership

The National College for School Leadership (NCSL) helps make a positive difference to children's lives through the development of world-class school and children's centre leaders. We provide a range of leadership development activities, publications and resources to suit the needs of leaders at different stages in their careers and in a wide range of contexts. We also work with schools and others to identify and grow future leaders and develop leadership within and beyond schools by enabling excellent leaders to share expertise.

NCSL is changing

In September, the National College for School Leadership will change its name to the National College for Leadership of Schools and Children's Services. The new name reflects the recent extension of our remit to offer development opportunities for leaders of children's services and underlines a shared commitment to improving the lives and life chances of children and young people. We will continue to maintain our unrivalled services and programmes for school and children's centre leaders.

In September, we will also launch an enhanced membership scheme, building on the success of our existing Leadership Network. The new scheme will give leaders in schools, children's centres and senior leaders of children's services the opportunity to deepen the engagement they have with the College and with each other.