Audience: Middle leaders from primary and secondary schools, including subject, phase, curriculum, pastoral and year-group leaders.
Course Date: Monday 16th November 2026 - 14:00-16:00
Course Location: Ifield Smile Meeting Room
Fees: Free for GLP Members, £50pp for non-members
Facilitator: Adam Lowing
This course will provide:
Course Dates:
Session 1: Monday 16th November 2026 – 14:00–16:00
Session 2: Friday 5th February 2027 – 09:30–11:30
Session 3: Tuesday 29th June 2027 – 09:30–11:30
Middle leaders play a crucial role in improving provision, developing colleagues and translating whole-school priorities into effective practice.
This three-session programme provides a collaborative, evidence-informed space in which middle leaders can strengthen their confidence, deepen their understanding of leadership and apply practical approaches within their own settings.
The programme complements NPQ study while offering a distinctive focus on local practice, professional discussion and practical application, without formal assessment requirements.
Programme Journey:
Session 1: Understanding and Leading for Impact
- Understanding how middle leaders influence provision, practice and culture.
- Balancing the needs of the task, team and individual.
- Motivating, supporting and challenging colleagues.
- Drawing upon Adair’s Action-Centred Leadership and Situational Leadership.
Session 2: Leading Professional Development and Building Relationships
- Building trust, strengthening relationships and giving effective feedback.
- Identifying colleagues’ starting points and professional learning needs.
- Planning and facilitating effective professional development.
- Drawing upon the Johari Window, Kolb’s Learning Cycle and Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development.
Session 3: Vision, Culture and Leading Change
- Defining and communicating a clear vision.
- Understanding and influencing organisational culture.
- Prioritising leadership time and sustaining improvement.
- Leading colleagues successfully through change.
- Drawing upon Sinek, Hall’s Cultural Iceberg, Covey’s Time Matrix, the Pareto Principle and Kotter’s model of change.
Key Aims:
- To strengthen participants’ understanding of the role and influence of middle leaders.
- To provide practical approaches for supporting, motivating and developing colleagues.
- To build confidence in leading professional learning, culture and change.
- To support collaboration and the sharing of effective practice across schools.
- To develop leadership capacity and contribute to future succession planning.
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