If you are an experienced middle leader, or equivalent (see Appendix for Clarification of Terms), and you would like to work with leaders in other schools to improve pupil outcomes, you might want to consider applying to be a Specialist Leader of Education.

In addition to continuing the work in your own school (which includes maintained, faith, free, academy or equivalent), you would have a school improvement role with another school or schools. SLEs may operate as a discrete part of a bigger project, or stand-alone, but ultimately, the aim for all work is to drive forward school improvement. The impact of work is measured carefully.

The goal of the Specialist Leaders of Education is to increase the leadership capacity of other schools to help raise standards. This is an important element of the government’s plan to give schools a central role in developing a self-improving and sustainable school-led system.

For further information regarding designation, please contact:

Gemma Hobbs at teachingschool@st-peters.solihull.sch.uk  or telephone 0121 705 3988

You may wish to consult the DfE guidance, which can be found by following this link: