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Opportunity for headteachers: regional leader recruitment opens 16 January. Details will shortly be available.

South region news

For Leadership Network members in the South West, London and the South East.

Regional events

A post-event summary will be available after each event.

DateEvent titleRegion
16 January 2009Community cohesion within inner-urban schoolsLondon
5 February 2009Valuing our future: Leading sustainable schoolsSouth East and South West
26 February 2009Growing your own: Schools working together to develop leadership capacitySouth West
10 March 2009Leading a school with a co-located children's centre - questions and answersLondon
13 March 2009Leading personalisationSouth East
20 May 2009Working towards community cohesionSouth East
22 May 2009Valuing our future: Leading sustainable schoolsLondon and the South East
16 June 2009Practical solutions to school business managementLondon
24 June 2009Practical solutions to school business managementSouth West
2 July 2009Working towards community cohesionSouth West

Read post-event summaries from previous regional events.

Large venue sought

Are you a large primary or secondary school in the South region with facilities to hold a regional event in the autumn term 2009? The Leadership Network are looking for possible school venues with capacity of between 60 to 100 to hold a cross-regional event. We are able to offer payment to the host venue. Why not take the opportunity to coincide this with an INSET day when much of your school will be unoccupied? Another option would be that we could work with you and other local schools to develop a bespoke event around a leadership theme relevant to your needs.

Please contact Rhonda Moore or Sue Thackeray if you would like further information or if you can help.

Message from your regional leaders

We have been working with groups of network members on a variety of bespoke activities.

We are currently exploring the issues for which a network of headteachers of schools that have co-located children’s centres could offer peer support. We are also interested to hear about the networks that you are part of, especially if you are willing to share your learning or would like to invite others to contribute. Please contact us to share your experiences of either issue.

New regional leaders

We would like to introduce Rhonda Moore and Dave Smith, our new regional leaders for the South West.

Partnership information

Every Child Matters (ECM) dissemination events - Raising the bar and narrowing the gap

Spring term 2009 sees two connected events in your region designed to help you lead, in partnership with others, increased and improved engagement with ECM, to achieve the aims of the Children’s Plan and deliver great results. We welcome leaders from both school and children’s centre settings and would recommend attendance at both events in order to maximise learning outcomes. Find out more and register.

The Leadership Series

School support service VT Four S is running a second half-day event in their Leadership Series. The event is being held on 16 October at the Royal Festival Hall, London, and is open to all headteachers in the South East. The event is entitled 'Leading and managing diversity' and provides the opportunity to challenge, debate and consider the crucial role of the education leader in managing a diverse environment. Find out more information and register.

School business manager (SBM) advocates

NCSL has appointed SBM advocates to operate within the nine government regions. Their remit is to raise awareness of the SBM profession, promote avenues for career progression and demonstrate how the role improves school effectiveness. If you are an SBM and would like to link with other SBMs in your region, please contact:

Steering groups

We are currently developing three steering/stewardship groups, one of which is a stewardship group for London, which will represent as many London local authorities as possible. If you’d like to be involved or find out more, please contact Sue Thackeray.