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) ). 

 

Catholic Senior Leadership

We co-ordinate and lead on both the ‘Moving Forward’ and ‘Moving On’ programmes. These support the National Professional Qualifications and provide an opportunity to reflect on current practice, leadership skills and  wider landscapes . All routed in servant leadership. 

 

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.

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.