The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) and NCSL are formally consulting on the proposed National Standards for School Leadership. The proposals have been developed in consultation with the Social Partnership. The Partnership consider that they are at a stage where it is appropriate to consult with all interested parties before further developing, refining and finalising the standards.
The proposed National Standards for School Leadership are intended to be generic and applicable to all school leaders, irrespective of phase, context and type of school. The standards aim to provide a framework to enable leaders to know what they are expected to do and are intended to support schools so they can continue to improve their effectiveness and outcomes for all pupils.
It is proposed that the standards should apply to all school leaders with designated leadership responsibilities. The scope, scale and extent to which these standards apply to individual school leaders will vary and depend on the person's role and responsibilities.
We would like to receive feedback from members of the school workforce (leaders and aspiring leaders), governors, local and diocesan authority personnel and others working with school leaders on the proposed standards. To do this, please read the following two documents and then complete and submit the online questionnaire.
(PDF, 40kb, 5 pages) - this outlines the background to the rationale for the development of the National Standards for School Leadership (PDF, 32kb, 4 pages) - this provides details of the proposed standards themselvesThe consultation will be open until 3 March 2009. All responses will then be analysed and a report will be published and available to download from this website.
A number of face-to-face consultation events are scheduled for January and February 2009. Find out more about attending one of these face-to-face events.
(Please note, supply cover to attend the face-to-face events will not be covered by NCSL.)
Alternatively, you may want to take part in an online seminar (WebEx). Find out more about the online seminars.
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