Expression of Interest - National Leaders of Education (NLE) Recruitment - CF
The aim of the National Leader of Education (NLE) programme is to provide high-quality school improvement support to underperforming schools.
In 2020 the NLE advisory group made a series of recommendations about the future of the programme.
These included selecting a new smaller, high-quality cadre of NLEs supported by a professional development offer.
As a result, we will recruit a new cadre of NLEs for the 22/23 academic year.
All current NLE accreditation will end at the end of the 21/22 academic year.
The new cadre of NLEs will be made up of headteachers with experience in turning around schools that can provide additional school improvement capacity.
Who Should Apply We would encourage all eligible headteachers with a strong record of turning around schools to apply online to become an NLE.
To be eligible to apply, you must be named on an Ofsted report (since September 2005) as the headteacher of a school that: - Has received an improved Ofsted rating from Requires Improvement to Outstanding OR Inadequate to Good/Outstanding AND been in post for at least a year before the inspection showing the improvement. (If you have left the school the inspection must be within 1 year of you leaving).
In addition, you must - Have had no Ofsted inspections resulting in a decline to RI or Inadequate whilst in post (excluding during the first year) or within 3 years after leaving a school.
Exceptionally, where a potential candidate does not meet the eligibility criteria but can demonstrate a very strong record of school improvement at the expression of interest stage, they will be considered for progression to the full application stage.
The application process will be broken into 2 stages: - Stage 1 - the expression of interest - Stage 2 - if successful at stage 1 candidates will be invited to submit an online application containing experience and skills-based questions.
Expressions of interest open on 10 February and close on 6 March 2022.
The stage 2 online application will be available from mid-March and will close on 24 April 2022.
You will be notified by 30 June 2022 if your application has been successful.
Leaders of trusts with sponsor status do not need to apply to become NLEs, as they will continue to have the opportunity to be matched and provide improvement support through the Trust and School Improvement Offer.
Successful applicants will be subject to a review after a period of three years.
Further Information on NLE programme can be found in the link provided below.
What the supplier must deliver
The aim of the National Leader
The aim of the National Leader of Education (NLE) programme is to provide high-quality school improvement support to underperforming schools.
The new cadre of NLEs will
The new cadre of NLEs will be made up of headteachers with experience in turning around schools that can provide additional school improvement capacity.
To be eligible to apply, you must
To be eligible to apply, you must be named on an Ofsted report (since September 2005) as the headteacher of a school that:.
Has received an improved Ofsted rating from
Has received an improved Ofsted rating from Requires Improvement to Outstanding OR Inadequate to Good/Outstanding AND been in post for at least a year before the inspection showing the improvement. (If you have left the school the inspection must be within 1 year of you leaving).
Exceptionally, where a potential candidate does not
Exceptionally, where a potential candidate does not meet the eligibility criteria but can demonstrate a very strong record of school improvement at the expression of interest stage, they will be considered for progression to the full application stage.
Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.
Make the case to bid
Reveal who to approach at Department for Education, and generate a go-to-market strategy from their news, accounts and people.
The full intelligence dossier
Our agent reads Department for Education’s accounts, hunts live signals, finds the people who decide — and hands you a bid strategy plus a go-to-market influence plan, including what your team should post this week. You approve every paid step.
Ask me about this tender, the buyer, who wins their work, or whether you should bid.
- OCID
- b977569d-d742-4d1e-9095-0191d9c3b2e9
- Stage
- preprocurement · Closed
- Source
- Contracts Finder
- Buyer ref
- tender_298103/1039518
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source data © Crown copyright.
Who wins this kind of work
The suppliers and buyers around this opportunity — drawn from official award data. Drag to orbit; click a node to explore.
Top suppliers & buyers in Education & Training
Department for Education’s tender network
Assembling the network…