The SLE concept is about recognising leaders who are excellent at what they do and are able to help leaders in other schools through school-to-school support and peer-to-peer learning. SLEs also extend the role that many senior and middle leaders play in supporting their peers to develop. They are designated by teaching schools, which are also currently being developed on the back of the White Paper.
The National College was commissioned to instigate the SLE programme. Currently, most SLEs are school leaders including those from early years SLE foundation stage. Forty out of 1004 designated SLEs have an early years specialism.
Wroxham Teaching School has been commissioned by the National College to lead a pilot to encourage early years leaders from children's centres and PVI settings, in addition to teachers, to apply for the new role of early years SLE. They are holding awareness raising sessions and pre-application briefings to harness leadership skills from across the early years sector.
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