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Leadership programme

Our Leadership Programme looks to invest in the future of our Multi-Academy and seeks to ensure that we develop and nurture our brightest talent. The programme will provide opportunities for participants to work together across all of our schools and develop their leadership skills with some of the most experienced and successful leaders in the Archdiocese of Birmingham. This will be achieved by

Sharing with you our burning ambition for our pupils to receive the very best educational experience. You will learn how to achieve the goals we have outlined in our three-year strategic development plan.
Teaching you about the threads and layers involved in sustainable school improvement.
Working together, each academy benefits educationally from sharing the expertise we have internally throughout the Company. We will draw from the strong skill-set of our central HR, finance, ICT and sites and premises teams to ensure that you are ready to lead our schools in the future.

By investing in you, we are protecting the future of Catholic education within the Archdiocese of Birmingham. You are the faith leaders of the future.

As CEO, I understand the huge responsibility placed upon us to ensure that every child and young person benefits from the work that we do. I feel both humbled and privileged to have been chosen to lead Our Lady of the Magnificat Multi-Academy and am dedicated to preserving and developing Catholic education in the Archdiocese of Birmingham. Our organisation is a dynamic entity, which will continue to grow and adapt to enhance the lives of those who are working and learning within it, responding to the needs of our community and guided by the Catholic principles upon which our academies and Company are founded. I am very much looking forward to supporting you in your leadership journey.

Mr T Leverage MA (Cantab)
Catholic Senior Executive Leader

Course Details

Our Leadership Development Programme focuses upon providing participants with the skills required to be a leader of a successful, thriving Catholic School. The course will run throughout the academic year and draws from the considerable experience within the Our Lady of the Magnificat Catholic multi-academy. The next cohort will be launched in October 2023 and will consist of the following modules:

Building Identity and Communities of Faith
Financial Risk Management and Curriculum Led Financial Planning
Facilities and Estates Management
Using data to drive school improvement
The self-sustaining school improvement system
A challenging curriculum from EYFS to KS5
Building a positive climate for learning

The modules will run every half term and alongside this, participants will be expected to complete the following:

1. A school improvement project that will support the development of their own school

2. Present to their governing body, at the end of the year, the outcome of their school improvement project

Modules will be delivered from 4pm-6pm in venues across the Our Lady of the Magnificat family of schools. Dates will be provided in due course.

How to Apply

Successful applicants will be invited to join the introductory meeting at The Magnificat Hub based at St Benedict’s Catholic High School, Alcester.

All candidates on the course must have the support of their Headteacher so in the first instance please arrange to discuss your interest with your Headteacher.

This course is open to applicants from outside of our Academy as well as employees of the Academy.

You will be able to apply during the Summer Term 2023

Costs
Each individual module costs £25 per session.
All 7 modules costs £150 – saving £25 if booking individually. Invoices will be raised to your school finance team.