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Lifting our heads – and joining the dots
  December 02 2019

NPQ | Scholarship | BPN News | Partnership | Events | Leadership

A new era of strategic collaboration to deliver CPD for school improvement is in reach, delegates to Outstanding Leaders Partnership’s first regional conference heard last week.
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Important information on the availability of NPQ scholarship funding
  November 28 2019

NPQ | Scholarship | BPN News | Leadership

An update regarding the availability of scholarship funding for the National Professional Qualifications for Schools Leadership.
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Staff restructuring and difficult decisions
  November 14 2019

NPQ | In the Media | Leadership

A thorough, methodical and sensitive approach is vital when it comes to making difficult staffing decisions in the face of struggling budgets, says primary trust leader Karen Burns
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Using the SLT to support SENCos
  September 27 2019

SEN | In the Media | Leadership

School leaders have a vital part to play in helping SENCos thrive in their roles. Abigail Gray, SEN consultant and NASENCO programme tutor, outlines what SENCos actually want from the SLT.
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Partnership and collaboration: No more sink or swim
  September 12 2019

NPQ | In the Media | Partnership | Leadership

Partnership and collaboration can really help to tackle the problem of teacher retention, according to Dean Boyce. He discusses why all schools should look to work together
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What Schools Leaders Can Do To Build Better Inter-School Collaborations
  September 09 2019

NPQ | Scholarship | In the Media | Partnership | Leadership

Tackling the challenges faced by schools collectively sounds appealing, but be clear as to how doing so will help you and your fellow leaders, says Yvonne Gandy.
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Leadership: It is about ‘we’ not ‘me’
  July 11 2019

NPQ | In the Media | Partnership | Leadership

Leadership is a team effort, involving all of your staff, and your team has a tough job. It is your role as a leader to forget the heroics and be there for them, says Yvonne Gandy
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International NPQ Case Study: following up with Bev Ross, NPQH candidate and Deputy Principal, China
  July 11 2019

NPQ | BPN News | International NPQ | International Schools | Leadership | Case Study

For Bev Ross, a deputy principal at an international school in Guangdong Province, China, doing the NPQH programme with BPN boosted her career development and helped her school tackle a major challenge.
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What makes an inspirational school leader?
  July 04 2019

NPQ | Scholarship | In the Media | Leadership

What are the highs and lows of life at the top? Part of a broader article in Independent Education Today, Karen Burns, executive principal of Victorious Academies Trust, describes what qualities a head needs in 2019.
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School-to-school collaboration: Four questions to ask
  June 17 2019

NPQ | In the Media | Partnership | Leadership

Schools cannot tackle the big issues by acting alone and need to embrace collaboration. The big question is how to start. Yvonne Gandy advises...
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