Moving to headship - help and advice

Information, advice and tools to help you make the transition to headship.

Career moves

Are you ready for headship? Career moves offers practical tools and guidance to help you step up.

Be a head programme

If you've completed the National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH), Be a head offers information, advice and support to help you progress to headship.

Applying for headship

This interactive guide looks at the headteacher recruitment process from the candidate's viewpoint.

Mind the gap

This is an account of one person’s experience of applying for a head of children’s centre post, including suggestions for reducing the waste of talent, time and money in the quest to fill these posts.

Applying for headship (talk2learn highlights)

Applying for headship can induce unmitigated terror in even the most confident of professionals. Find out what advice fellow candidates can offer to help you get through the ordeal, in Issue 18a of talk2learn highlights.

Leadership diversity

A range of diversity-themed resources for those working on succession planning. This includes guides, keynote speeches, articles and case studies.

Finding the right post

How to find the right headship post for you. Video presentation by the Reverend Hilary Barber.

Personal training needs analysis

This tool enables you to examine your short, medium and long term career goals and to identify and prioritise your development needs.

Leadership map

This tool enables you to examine your current and future role within a generic leadership framework. You can use the outcomes to identify your potential as well as any gaps in your capability.