Leadership

Identifying and developing leadership potential

Educational landscapes are ever changing and as such we are required to develop successful succession planning strategies to identify and develop people to fill leadership positions in the future.

To meet this responsibility, we will:

  • develop future headteachers to help meet the most pressing national needs in primary, small rural, special, challenging urban/coastal and faith schools
  • take action to help to more women and leaders from black and minority ethnic backgrounds to become senior leaders
  • put processes in place to identify potential leaders in areas of need
  • develop potential leaders within and across our schools
  • build strategic governance and partnerships in order to make decisions about developing and placing potential leaders

National Professional Qualifications 

Blue Sky will be supporting the delivery of a variety of National Professional Qualifications. We facilitate these through the Church of England Foundation for Educational Leadership (NPQs – Foundation For Educational Leadership (cefel.org.uk) ). 

Coventry Headteacher Induction (CHIP)

Blue Sky work with local providers to facilitate CHIP and CHIP 2 and the recently introduced CHIP Local. These are fantastic networking opportunities to link with headteachers at a similar experience stage. In addition to this, the local context of Coventry is considered with signposting to local support, deeper understanding of the role of a headteacher and potential opportunities to visit other exemplary settings.

Coventry Senior Leaders Network (CSLN)

New for this academic year! In conjunction with Coventry LEA we are delighted to offer our free Senior Leaders Network. Meetings will take place once per half-term with different guest speakers and key focus discussions covering areas and topics of local importance.

Mentoring, Coaching and Shadowing

As well as formal structures of development, we appreciate the need for less formal support. We offer mentoring, wider coaching and shadowing opportunities. Due to the nature of these, dates, timings and approaches are developed on a bespoke, personalised basis. Where possible, these are incorporated and into or signposted during our other leadership offers.