The Future Leaders Trust started up in 2006 and supports and trains high-potential school leaders to take up positions in challenging schools.
Teaching Leaders, meanwhile, was set up in 2008 and targets middle leaders with the same mission of training and supporting them to take up posts in schools serving disadvantaged communities.
Both programmes include Impact Initiatives, specific work carried out by the leaders focused on narrowing the gap for disadvantaged pupils. They also feature a strong alumni network that allows graduates to collaborate and support one another.
The charities hope that the merger, which will create a network of more than 3,500 leaders in schools, will allow them to have a greater impact on the students they serve.
Future Leaders, which also runs the Talented Leader programme for schools in rural and coastal areas, currently has 1,700 leaders working in 1,500 schools. Teaching Leaders has 1,958 teachers in more than 950 schools.
Future Leaders CEO James Toop is to be become CEO designate of the new charity. He said: “Together we will be able to increase the number of leaders we work with and grow our reach to work with the most challenging schools in the highest priority areas, thereby eradicating educational disadvantage.
“Our current programmes will continue as normal. We will bring together the expertise from both our organisations to develop enhanced programmes, which will equip school leaders in England’s challenging schools to transform educational outcomes for their pupils.”
For more information on the programmes and how they work with schools, visit www.future-leaders.org.uk and www.teachingleaders.org.uk