Future Leaders
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Future Leaders is a UK schools-led charitable
organisation that aims to widen the pool of talented leaders especially for urban challenging secondary schools. It was founded in March 2006 by Nat Wei
.
Future Leaders currently operates in London
, the West Midlands and the North West and has plans to expand to other areas in future years. Future Leaders is supported by the National College for School Leadership
, the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust
and Absolute Return for Kids
.
resident at senior leadership level, often as an Associate Deputy Head. They also receive bespoke coaching support from an in-school peer tutor, an external leadership coach, and regular mentoring from their headteacher during term time. In their second year, participants are given support in finding their first substantive post as a senior leader - usually as a Deputy Head. Participants are paid their current salary in their residency year, and a salary commensurate with the new post they should achieve in their second year.
Future Leaders recruits current or former teachers who have strong leadership potential and who are looking for a route into senior leadership of challenging urban schools. There is no minimum age or experience required to apply to the programme, save Qualified Teacher Status
and the ability to work in the UK, but the programme is very competitive to join and selects individuals with strong leadership potential and whose own personal mission is best aligned with Future Leaders' mission and aims.
Charitable organization
A charitable organization is a type of non-profit organization . It differs from other types of NPOs in that it centers on philanthropic goals A charitable organization is a type of non-profit organization (NPO). It differs from other types of NPOs in that it centers on philanthropic goals A...
organisation that aims to widen the pool of talented leaders especially for urban challenging secondary schools. It was founded in March 2006 by Nat Wei
Nat Wei, Baron Wei
Nathanael Ming-Yan Wei, Baron Wei , also known as Nat Wei, is a social entrepreneur, interested in social reform, the youngest member of the House of Lords...
.
Future Leaders currently operates in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, the West Midlands and the North West and has plans to expand to other areas in future years. Future Leaders is supported by the National College for School Leadership
National College for School Leadership
The National College for Leadership of Schools and Children's Services is a British government-funded non-departmental public body which offers head teachers, school leaders and senior children's services leaders opportunities for professional leadership development.- History :Established in 2000...
, the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust
Specialist Schools and Academies Trust
The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust is an independent, not-for-profit, membership organisation with headquarters in the United Kingdom, dedicated to raising standards and achievement in secondary schools in England and internationally...
and Absolute Return for Kids
Absolute Return for Kids
Absolute Return for Kids is an international children's charity based in the United Kingdom.ARK is a registered charity under English law and is based in London...
.
The programme
Future Leaders recruits, trains and supports its participants through a two-year talent management programme that leads them to senior leadership of a school within 12 months of commencing training, and guides them to become a headteacher within four years of starting the programme. Participants benefit from a lifelong network of like-minded individuals and a world-class intensive training programme based in the UK and abroad that is designed specifically for leadership in urban schools and is run by top education and business leaders. Their first year of training is an apprenticeship under a highly-successful urban headteacher as a supernumerarySupernumerary
A Supernumerary is an additional member of an organization. A supernumerary is also a non-regular member of a staff, a member of the staff or an employee who works in a public office who is not part of the manpower complement...
resident at senior leadership level, often as an Associate Deputy Head. They also receive bespoke coaching support from an in-school peer tutor, an external leadership coach, and regular mentoring from their headteacher during term time. In their second year, participants are given support in finding their first substantive post as a senior leader - usually as a Deputy Head. Participants are paid their current salary in their residency year, and a salary commensurate with the new post they should achieve in their second year.
Future Leaders recruits current or former teachers who have strong leadership potential and who are looking for a route into senior leadership of challenging urban schools. There is no minimum age or experience required to apply to the programme, save Qualified Teacher Status
Qualified Teacher Status
Qualified Teacher Status is required in England and Wales to become, and continue being, a teacher of children in the state and special education sectors...
and the ability to work in the UK, but the programme is very competitive to join and selects individuals with strong leadership potential and whose own personal mission is best aligned with Future Leaders' mission and aims.