Department For Education
Who this course is for
This targeted one-year support package has been tailored to the needs of new headteachers.
It provides structured, unassessed support and networking based on the best available evidence about what makes an effective headteacher.
You can complete it alongside the national professional qualification (NPQ) for headship, or recently after taking the NPQ in headship.
The support you receive will differ depending on your chosen provider. It may include:
- group coaching
- one-to-one support
- peer networking
Eligibility
To take the early headship coaching offer, you need to be doing or have done the headship NPQ and be in your first five years of headship.
To find out more, contact your local teaching school hub, lead provider or other delivery partner.
Funding
Funding to cover the course fees is available if you are in your first 5 years of headship in England in a state-funded school or state-funded 16 to 19 organisation. You should also be doing or have done the headshipNPQ.
Providers
The following DfE-approved providers offer this support:
- Ambition Institute
- Best Practice Network (home of Outstanding Leaders Partnership)
- Church of England
- Education Development Trust
- LLSE (Leadership Learning Securing Excellence)
- National Institute of Teaching
- Teacher Development Trust
- Teach First
- UCL Institute of Education
Apply
Before you apply to your chosen training provider, you need to register with the Department for Education.