NCSL recognises that headteachers will want to choose leadership learning opportunities that respond to their needs as they emerge, and as shaped by their experiences and context. This is why the learning pathway through early headship must be determined by the participant considering the EHP providers can offer skilful support. Some examples of learning pathways follow.
A teaching head of a rural small school wishes to engage with colleagues in similar circumstances. By approaching the home provider, opportunities to network with other heads are set up. The £500 small school supply cover entitlement allows the headteacher to take time out of school to meet up with colleagues for a series of bespoke events which have been designed in collaboration with the home provider.
The group of headteachers now plan to enrol onto the New Visions programme to maintain their network and develop their leadership skills together. The headteacher is now considering enrolling on the Strategic Leadership of ICT programme which is free to small schools and funded by NCSL.
A new headteacher in a large secondary school enrolled for the New Visions programme at point of EHP application and the group continue to meet informally. The headteacher has revisited the learning review with a coach, sourced and carefully matched through the home provider and has identified a workshop offered by the local authority which can be funded using the flexible EHP grant.
In the second year of headship the headteacher revisits the learning review with the same coach and identifies an international conference to attend. The home provider supported the headteacher by arranging for the fees to be covered by the heads remaining EHP grant. The school's governing body contributed £500 towards any remaining costs, travel and accommodation.
A headteacher in a challenging inner-city primary school worked closely with a coach in the first year of headship on urgent contextually-based priorities identified in a learning review and then enrolled for New Visions.
After completing the programme the group decide that they want to explore some of the issues introduced in New Visions further. By approaching their home provider as a group they are able to secure a skilful facilitator to lead a further day that will be specifically tailored to their needs.
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