The charity Teaching Leaders, which works to develop middle leaders to work in schools in challenging circumstances, has received the government funding to support its work in the coming years.
Set-up in 2008, Teaching Leaders trains both subject and pastoral leaders and to date has trained or is currently training almost 2,000 middle leaders.
The new Department for Education funding – the amount of which has not been revealed – will be used to develop and deliver the charity’s Fellows programme for secondary middle leaders nationwide.
CEO James Toop said: “We have demonstrated over the past eight years how high-quality middle leaders make a direct impact on teaching quality and the educational outcomes of disadvantaged children. The new contract will support Teaching Leaders to expand its existing programme and increase its impact in those areas with the greatest level of disadvantage.
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