School Improvement Advisers, Headteacher Consultants and School Improvement Partners work together with Consultants from the Primary and Secondary Strategies identifying areas within schools where support is required to heads and senior leadership teams to improve the quality of learning and teaching.

The subsequent provision includes locally and County based training and consultancy on a range of leadership and management issues, such as school improvement, best value, using performance data, finance and personnel, school self evaluation and review, coaching and mentoring and opportunities to develop both individually and as a team.

Opportunities are offered through 'Collaborative Leadership Learning' groups to work with groups of local headteachers and deputies, setting a learning agenda which is facilitated by Local Authority staff. Details of this provision can be found either in the County Training Directory or through the Learning Community CPD Co-ordinators.

Bedfordshire works in partnership with the Eastern Leadership Centre in Cambridge to deliver courses and conferences on a regional basis, some of which are linked to the National College for Leadership.

NPQH, a mandatory qualification for headship, is managed through the ELC in Cambridge. Please contact Lorna Madeley, Programme Administrator, on (01223) 271700

Early Headship Provision is now managed in this region by the East Midlands Leadership Centre. Details can be gained from Jo Stringer, Programme Administrator, on (01604) 817700, www.emlc-online.co.uk|.

 

The Leadership Programme for Serving Heads is to be delivered by the Hay Group, working with the London Leadership Centre from February 2007. Contact details are 020 7612 6909, jmaddox@ioe.ac.uk| Many colleagues benefit from head-teacher support groups which operate within the County.