Who is this for?

BME school leaders looking to move onto senior leadership role

Cost

EAP is fully subsidised for individuals who meet the eligibility criteria. There will be no cost for participants' schools.

Duration

The programme is spread over six months, which includes a two-day residential element. There are two cohorts per financial year, starting in September and January.

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Equal Access to Promotion (EAP)

EAP has been jointly developed by the National College and the National Union of Teachers (NUT). The professional development programme is designed to meet the specific leadership needs of Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) school leaders and to support them in moving to senior leadership roles.

Eligibility

Participants will typically have between 4 and 12 years of teaching experience since gaining QTS and will not have participated in previous EAP programmes. Participants will typically have current or previous experience of other national leadership development programmes, including; National College's Leadership Pathways or Leading from the Middle (LftM) programmes or NUT Continuing Professional Development's 'Aspiring to Lead'.

The five aims of the EAP programme are to:

  • provide structured networking and support opportunities for BME leaders with a focus on effective leadership
  • enhance participants' leadership strengths and extend their strategies for overcoming barriers to promotion
  • boost participants' knowledge of current and future career and leadership development opportunities
  • equip participants through the study of leadership to raise their influence as leaders in schools in order to impact on student learning and well-being
  • encourage BME teachers in middle leadership positions to seek senior leadership roles and positions in schools

For further information download programme leaflet (pdf)

For more detailed programme information and application, please visit: National College

Information Sessions

We hold briefing sessions to help clarify eligibility, cost, application procedure, programme design and the learning journey at the Institute of Education and at individual local authority centres. These sessions are for prospective applicants in leadership positions in schools and those in middle leadership aspiring to more senior leadership positions, but also for Head-teachers and CPD coordinators, LA representatives.

To book information sessions, please contact Charlotte Gould

Contact for further information

Programme Manager – Dolapo Ogunbawo or the Programme Administrator – Tim Lancaster