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Latest press releases

• Press release archive 2012
• Press release archive 2011
• Press release archive 2010

Date	Title
1 January 2012	CBE for chair of the National College The chair of the National College's governing council has been awarded with a CBE at the Queen's New Year Honours
6 December 2011	Next generation of headteachers will take school leadership in England to a new level Ambitious school leaders will soon have a higher bar to aim for following a fundamental shake-up of England's headship qualification, designed to further improve the standard of school leadership
3 November 2011	New heads need to be bold and ambitious early on The new generation of headteachers in England risk letting down children from deprived backgrounds if they fail to aim high enough
14 September 2011	First 100 teaching schools take on the job of developing our best teachers and leaders The first 100 teaching schools have begun their new roles in a move that puts talented professionals in charge of spreading great teaching and leadership across schools
15 July 2011	National College designates 100 teaching schools in England The first 100 teaching schools, which will lead the training and professional development for staff to help raise standards, have been designated by the National College for School Leadership.
6 June 2011	The number of national leaders of education rises to 600 More than 100 headteachers have been appointed to the role of national leader of education (NLE) in the latest recruitment round
31 March 2011	More than 1,000 schools set to access a skilled business manager for the first time The National College has established 189 school business management (SBM) partnerships across England and awarded £3.5m in grant funding, resulting in 1,186 primary schools having access to a skilled SBM for the first time.
15 February 2011	Over 800 schools express interest in becoming teaching schools The National College today announced that 810 schools have expressed an interest in becoming part of the government's new network of teaching schools
1 September 2010	The drive to help schools make the most of their resources has reached a new landmark The drive to help schools make the most of their resources has reached a new landmark as efforts are stepped up to train more highly skilled school business managers. We've now trained over 8,000 school business managers (SBM) with a further 2,600 progressing towards an accredited SBM qualification.
2 August 2010	Investing to save Grants are being made available to enable more primary schools to come together to share the skills of a school business manager