Successful Subject Leadership (Secondary)

This programme is designed for secondary school colleagues with a subject leadership role which involves leading the work of other colleagues. It is suitable for both colleagues new to the role, as well as more experienced colleagues looking to deepen their expertise.

The three half-day sessions will be anchored in the Core Principles for Curriculum Leadership, enhanced by relevant research. Sessions will support participants in developing their expertise in practical terms while also deepening their understanding of some of the theoretical frameworks that successful leaders operate within.

SESSION OVERVIEW – Sessions will run from 9am to 12 midday*

Session 1 – Thursday 25th February 2027

• Purpose of subject leadership

• Leading healthy teams

• Creating clarity

Session 2 – Wednesday 10th March 2027

• Providing successful CPLD

• Making assessment work

Session 3 – Thursday 25th March 2027

• Planning for improvement

• Influencing teaching and learning

*Participants are encouraged to attend all three sessions in this 3-part series to ensure continuity of learning.

This programme is aimed at secondary school colleagues with a subject leadership role. It is most suitable for new-to-role or aspiring subject leaders or those with subject responsibility.

Facilitation
This course will be run by experienced leader, Tom Boulter, Director of Secondary Education at River Learning Trust, who has extensive experience of both being and working alongside subject leaders. Other experienced leaders from within the trust will facilitate some sessions.

*This course is funded for colleagues working in River Learning Trust schools.
For OTSA Partner Schools, the cost is £161.02 per person. For non-partners, the cost is £316.09 per person (Eventbrite fees are included).

Most schools and trusts run their own CPD programmes. This programme is being run by River Learning Trust with places offered to colleagues in other schools in partnership with OTSA. Do you have any spare places on school or trust led events/programmes that you would open up to colleagues in other schools? If so, please get in touch (info@otsa.org.uk).

Payment

Payment is required at the time of booking by credit card, debit card or Paypal. Unless otherwise stated, a ticket gives admission to one person at face-to-face and online events. In the event that you share an online event link with other people who then attend the event, including sharing your screen, or you arrive at a venue without a ticket and we are able to admit you, we will invoice you or your organisation for additional tickets retrospectively.

Refunds

No refunds will be given with less than 30 days notice.

In the event of a refund request, please note that the Eventbrite booking fee of 6.95% plus 0.59p per ticket is not refundable.

To keep our event fees as low as possible, we are not able to issue invoices for payment by cheque or bank transfer and we are not able to reserve places without payment.

We strongly recommend that you take out ‘event ticket insurance’ which may cover the cost of your fee should you be unable to attend the event.