Section outline

  • Take a look at the Secondary Leadership learning opportunities available to book:

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    Autumn Term 2025

    Dates: 
    18 September 2025
    23 October 2025
    17 November 2025
    23 January 2026
    3 March 2026

    Time:
    All sessions run from 9:00-12:30

    Price: 
    Sub £275 / SLA £165 / Full £330

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    Secondary Confidence

    Stepping with Confidence into Secondary Senior Leadership

    Delivered by the Secondary HIAS adviser, this in-depth programme supports the future senior leaders in our schools.

    This multi session course is aimed at established middle leaders who are thinking about the next steps in their career path. It would also be appropriate for newly appointed assistant headteachers or lead practitioners.

    With many schools now 'growing their own' future leaders, this programme will support with a focus on ensuring colleagues understand the wide remit of a senior leader and give them inspiration, challenge and support to fulfil that role effectively.

    This will ensure governors continue to be able to appoint experienced leaders ready to tackle the broad challenges facing senior leadership teams today.

    Learning outcomes

    • To explore a range of theoretical knowledge to consider how senior leadership is different.
    • To understand how to effectively carry out a senior leadership role.
    • To reflect on seeing the 'big picture' by engaging in a visit to a colleague’s school.
    • To learn more about your own leadership potential by undertaking a 360 review online

    Sessions

    Session 1: What is the core purpose of a senior leader today?
    Session 2: What makes effective leadership of the curriculum?
    Session 3: What makes effective leadership of behaviour and attitudes?
    Session 4: What makes effective leadership of personal development?
    Session 5: What can you do to manage your career and develop your leadership style?

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    Spring Term 2026

    Date: 26 March 2026

    Price: Sub £65 / SLA £25 / Full £78 

    Keyword Search: Spring PAPG

    Spring 25-26 Secondary Performance and Progress Group (PAPG)

    The Secondary Performance and Progress Group (PAPG) is a very well attended network meeting that meets twice a year for comprehensive updates and discussion on matters of mutual interest to secondary school headteachers and senior leaders, particularly concerning improving outcomes, performance data and the curriculum. 

    All senior leaders are welcome to attend PAPG and contribute to the forum. 

    Meetings will be led by HIAS data and curriculum leads and will also draw upon HIAS teaching and learning, and subject expertise. 

    Key features of the meetings: 

    • To share crucial updates including changes to national policy, Department for Education (DfE) performance indicators and Ofsted frameworks. 
    • Changes in outcomes to performance indicators both locally and nationally are shared, and implications evaluated. 
    • Discussion around how schools are setting targets and measuring progress. 
    • Focus on improvement in outcomes for ALL pupils, particularly those in key vulnerable groups.