The framework has been created by the Commission on Ethical Leadership, which was set up by the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) in 2017 in response to concerns from its members about the lack of guiding principles in this area.
The final report was published on Friday (January 25) and the framework’s guidance covers seven tenets of ethical practice in schools: selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership. It also offers seven personal characteristics or virtues of ethical leadership:
A pdf listing the seven tenets and seven characteristics in more detail can be downloaded above.
The pathfinder project has now been launched through the National Governance Association (NGA), which is inviting schools to sign up to the new framework and is providing training resources to help schools “build its values and virtues into working practices”.
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