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Opportunity for headteachers: regional leader recruitment opens 16 January. Details will shortly be available.

North region news

For Leadership Network members in the North West, North East and Yorkshire and the Humber

Regional events

A post-event summary will be available after each event.

DateEvent titleRegion
10 March 2009Mind the gap: Effective leadership for every child to achieveNorth East, North West and Yorkshire and the Humber
25 March 2009Leadership strategies within a multi-agency setting to deliver the five outcomes of Every Child Matters (ECM)North West
30 April 2009Leadership in faith schoolsNorth East
22 May 2009Senior leadership team visioningYorkshire and the Humber
9 June 2009Leadership within the communityNorth East
16 June 2009Leadership within the communityNorth East
26 June 2009Championing the voice of practice: sustaining network learning hubsNorth West

Read post-event summaries from previous regional events.

Message from your regional leaders

"We would like to begin with thanking you all for the support we have received throughout the north with our regional network events and your excellent response to the national regional initiatives. The response from the north has been overwhelming at a very busy time for all school leaders. We were pleased to see many of our colleagues at the regional conferences and believe your feedback was very positive regarding the experience and the development of NCSL. We look forward to seeing you at the many and varied activities planned throughout the three northern regions. Please contact us with any information or comments."

New regional leaders

We would like to take this opportunity to introduce our new regional leaders in the North region:

Partnership information

Every Child Matters (ECM) dissemination events - Raising the bar and narrowing the gap

Spring term 2009 sees two connected events in your region designed to help you lead, in partnership with others, increased and improved engagement with ECM, to achieve the aims of the Children’s Plan and deliver great results. We welcome leaders from both school and children’s centre settings and would recommend attendance at both events in order to maximise learning outcomes. Find out more and register.

Every Child Matters (ECM) advocates

If you are engaged in ECM in your school or local authority and would like to link with NCSL’s ECM advocates in your region, please contact:

School business manager (SBM) advocates

NCSL has appointed SBM advocates to operate within the nine government regions. Their remit is to raise awareness of the profession, promote avenues for career progression and demonstrate how the role improves school effectiveness. If you are a SBM and would like to link with other SBMs in your region, please contact:

School business managers in the North East

Is your existing school business manager a member of the Leadership Network? We are keen to develop a network of school business managers in the North East. To get involved, please contact sarah.monk@ncsl.org.uk.