About us

• Initiatives
  • Careers education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG)
  • Chairs of governors
  • Leadership for Closing the Gap 2010-11
  • Leadership Strategy
  • Local Leaders of Education Programme
  • National Challenge
  • National Leaders of Education and National Support Schools Programme
  • National teaching schools
  • Parental engagement
  • Primary leadership
  • Research Associate Programme
  • School business management activity
  • Specialist leaders of education
  • Succession planning
  • Previous initiatives

About the Local Leaders of Education Programme

Local leaders of education (LLEs) are successful headteachers who provide coaching and mentoring support to headteachers of other schools.

The focus of LLEs is to enable partner schools to build capacity for sustainable improvement. The precise role of the LLE, however, is flexible and is based on context. The schools most likely to benefit from LLE support are those where:

• the headteacher would benefit from peer challenge and support to ensure impact in key improvement priorities
• a new headteacher would benefit from assistance in the transition period to maintain momentum in their school's improvement
• the headteacher is looking to develop fresh perspectives on issues presenting considerable challenge

Further information can be found on the LLE web pages.