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  • Upcoming Leadership Courses

    Visit our Learning Zone and search to book on any of the courses below using the course title or suggested keywords.

    Click here     to view our upcoming Primary Leadership courses.
    Click here to view our upcoming Secondary Leadership courses.

  • Leadership course flyers

  • Our latest Leadership training offers

    The training delivery model for individual courses is identified in the course titles on the Learning Zone as follows:

    Webinar – virtual training via Microsoft Teams
    Blended – courses that are a mixture of virtual and face to face training
    No categorisation – venue based training

    For any queries regarding our summer or autumn term training offer, please contact htlcdev@hants.gov.uk. 

    For any course booking queries, please contact htlc.courses@hants.gov.uk.

    • Headteacher Wellbeing

      Building psychological flexibility to respond well to challenges

      Whiteley - 7 February 2025 08:30-12:30

      Eastleigh - 13 February 2025 08:30-12:30

      Following the success of our Investing in School Leaders Conference 2024, we are pleased to offer this seminar to continue our focus on supporting school leaders in strengthening their wellbeing.

      With: Hazel Anderson-Turner, Business Psychologist and Mindset Coach.
      Hazel presented at our conference in March 2024 and will be leading a half-day session aimed at supporting leaders to develop skills and have practical strategies to be supported in staying well whilst managing contexts.

      Hazel will focus on helping delegates build psychological flexibility, enabling us to think better, make better choices and to navigate our emotions in a healthier way, supporting us to consciously respond to challenges rather than instinctively react.

      We expect the session to be stimulating and practical, building on the strong positive response to her input in March. The session will finish with a further input about parental engagement and strategies to positively support this.

      Cost:

      Hampshire maintained schools £25
      Hampshire academies £50

      To book your place, please complete the Headteacher Wellbeing conference booking form.

      • Primary

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

        To search for a specific course, type the course title or keywords in the 'Find Learning' box.

        Spring Term 2025

        Aspiring Primary Headteachers Programme 2024-25

        (Part one)

        17 January, 13 February, 6 March and 27 March 2025

        Keyword Search: Aspiring Headteachers

        The Hampshire primary programme for those preparing for headship within the next two years.

        This professional development is designed to empower deputy headteachers, assistant headteachers and head of school leaders to have a sharper impact in their current roles and to prepare leaders for headship.

        The aim is to develop aspiring headteachers: giving the leadership skills, depth of knowledge, theory, breadth of understanding and confidence to take on the challenging but exciting role of being a headteacher.

        The programme will strengthen the impact of leaders within their current schools and give them the confidence, skills and knowledge to apply for and successfully secure a headship in the future.  

        Price: Sub £925 / SLA £595 / Full £1,110 *split over two financial years

        24-25 Ofsted Briefing - Education Inspection Framework 2019 

        7 February 2025

        Keyword Search: Ofsted Briefing

        These termly briefings aim to deepen the knowledge and understanding of headteachers and chairs of governors in respect of the current Ofsted inspection framework.

        The sessions are particularly targeted at schools who are likely to inspected by the end of the summer term 2025.There will be opportunities to review information relating to the latest national and local inspection trends and patterns and consider implications for their own school.

        Additional input will be provided by headteachers of schools that have been recently inspected under the current framework (2019) and members of the Primary Phase Inspector team who support schools through the process.

        A senior leader and chair of governors are invited to attend but do not need to book a place. Headteachers who have booked a place will receive the course details, which they should share.

        The course price entitles a school to three places at the briefing (the headteacher, senior leader and chair of governors).

        Price: Sub £200 / SLA £95 / Full £240

        Summer Term 2025 

        24-25 Ofsted Briefing - Education Inspection Framework 2019 

        7 May 2025

        Keyword Search: Ofsted Briefing

        These termly briefings aim to deepen the knowledge and understanding of headteachers and chairs of governors in respect of the current Ofsted inspection framework. The sessions are particularly targeted at schools who are likely to inspected by the end of the summer term 2025.

        There will be opportunities to review information relating to the latest national and local inspection trends and patterns and consider implications for their own school. Additional input will be provided by headteachers of schools that have been recently inspected under the current framework (2019) and members of the Primary Phase Inspector team who support schools through the process.

        A senior leader and chair of governors are invited to attend but do not need to book a place. Headteachers who have booked a place will receive the course details, which they should share.

        The course price entitles a school to three places at the briefing (the headteacher, senior leader and chair of governors).

        Price: Sub £200 / SLA £95 / Full £240

        Aspiring Primary Headteachers Programme 2024-25

        (Part two)
        19 May, 9 June and 8 July 2025

        Keyword Search: Aspiring Headteachers

        The Hampshire primary programme for those preparing for headship within the next two years.

        This professional development is designed to empower deputy headteachers, assistant headteachers and head of school leaders to have a sharper impact in their current roles and to prepare leaders for headship.

        The aim is to develop aspiring headteachers: giving the leadership skills, depth of knowledge, theory, breadth of understanding and confidence to take on the challenging but exciting role of being a headteacher.

        The programme will strengthen the impact of leaders within their current schools and give them the confidence, skills and knowledge to apply for and successfully secure a headship in the future.  

        Price: Sub £925 / SLA £595 / Full £1,110 * Split over two financial years

         

        • Secondary

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

          To search for a specific course, type the course title or keywords in the 'Find Learning' box.

          HIAS professional support for secondary schools 2023-24

          Spring Term 2025

          Getting your Ducks in a Row…Being Ofsted Ready (Webinar) 24-25 

          29 January 2025

          Keyword Search: Ofsted Ducks

          These webinars are aimed at those secondary schools that are in the Ofsted window during 2024/2025. Participants will be secondary headteachers accompanied by their chairs of governors.

          The online session will include some general reminders about the changes Ofsted have made to the inspection process including the lived difference between a graded and ungraded inspection. The session will refer to recent school experiences, weave through ongoing changes and adjustments to the Framework and provide a practical approach to ensure school leaders remain confident throughout their inspection.

          The webinar will also touch on some of the following aspects of a live inspection:

          • Pre-inspection documentation including the IDSR
          • The phone call with the lead inspector to set the scene
          • Supporting the middle leaders to give a good account of their work
          • Managing the typical inspection timetable
          • What to do when it feels as if things are going awry
          • FAQs.

          The webinars will be led by a member of the HIAS Secondary Team and will invite input from some headteachers who have recently experienced inspection.

          Price: Sub £60 / SLA £40 / Full £72

          Spring 24-25 Secondary Performance and Progress Group (PAPG) 

          26 March 2025

          Keyword Search: PAPG

          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.

          Price: Sub £75 / SLA £40 / Full £90

          Summer Term 2025

          Getting your Ducks in a Row…Being Ofsted Ready (Webinar) 24-25

          1 May 2025

          Keyword Search: Ofsted Ducks

          These webinars are aimed at those secondary schools that are in the Ofsted window during 2024/2025. Participants will be secondary headteachers accompanied by their chairs of governors.

          The online session will include some general reminders about the changes Ofsted have made to the inspection process including the lived difference between a graded and ungraded inspection. The session will refer to recent school experiences, weave through ongoing changes and adjustments to the Framework and provide a practical approach to ensure school leaders remain confident throughout their inspection. The webinar will also touch on some of the following aspects of a live inspection:

          • Pre-inspection documentation including the IDSR
          • The phone call with the lead inspector to set the scene
          • Supporting the middle leaders to give a good account of their work
          • Managing the typical inspection timetable
          • What to do when it feels as if things are going awry
          • FAQs.

          The webinars will be led by a member of the HIAS Secondary Team and will invite input from some headteachers who have recently experienced inspection.

          Price: Sub £60 / SLA £40 / Full £72