Preparing for Senior Leadership - Tuesday 27 January 2026 (Broadway House, London)

Aspiring Deputy Heads, Directors of Studies, Assistant Heads, and other senior leadership posts

Description

By the end of the session you will have: 

  • Learnt about senior leadership roles and their opportunities and challenges, including from a serving senior leader in an HMC school 

  • Understood your own development needs and career pathways in preparation for a senior leadership role  

  • Learnt about the application, interview, and recruitment process 

  • Developed insight into making an effective transition to a senior leadership role 

 

Course Programme

Time

Session

09:45

Arrival, registration, and coffee

10.00 – 10.10

Welcome, introduction and word from sponsor

 

Speaker: Jill Berry

 

 

10.10 – 11.10

 

Session 1: Making the move from Middle to Senior Leadership

 

Speaker: Speaker TBC

11.10 – 11.25

Refreshment break

11.25 – 12.25

Session 2: Scenarios: Issues Senior Leaders might face, and strategies they might use as they step up to these challenges

 

Speaker: John Watson, Education Consultant and Former HMC Head

12.30 – 13.30

Lunch

13.30 – 14.30

Session 3: What the head is looking for, both in appointing a new Senior Leader, and in working with their Senior Leadership Team

 

Speaker: Jill Berry

14.30 – 14.45

Refreshment break

14.45 – 15.45

Session 4: The Senior Leader you hope to be: What the best Senior Leadership looks like, and what you have learnt from positive and negative leadership role models

 

Reflection: Where are you now, and what might be your next steps if you are to secure the Senior Leader position you dream of, make a positive transition into the role and do the job well?

 

Speaker: Jill Berry

15.45 – 16.00

Closing remarks and depart