Our Why
Leadership can sometimes be lonely, scary, unsupported, untrained, underdeveloped, not diverse, negatively impact on your wellbeing. There are many who don’t have the opportunity to step up or step down because of lack of balance.

But it doesn’t have to be and shouldn’t be this way.

Our Organisation
We are a grassroots network turned community interest company (CIC) and social enterprise that works with new and aspiring leaders in education to step up and thrive.

Our Vision & Priorities
Our vision is that educational leadership:

• is diverse, inclusive and flexible;
• responds to the needs of the sector by positively disrupting leadership (in particular recruitment) and creating a strong talent pipeline;
• addresses the gaps in knowledge and skills for those stepping up educational leadership.

Our Ways of Working
We aid our community by our five ways of working: Networking – providing a safe space within our network; Connecting – through our events; Supporting – our diverse leaders bursary and our directory; Sharing – through our blogs, social media and website; and Collaborating – through linking with and signposting to and from other organisations.

Our Themes
The content we produce for our network surrounds five key themes: Barriers, Development, Diversity, Journeys and Wellbeing. When speakers for our events or writers for our blog volunteer for us, we ask that they speak to at least one of the five themes.

Our Impact
After launching in 2023, we are pleased to share:

• 150+ Mailing List Sign Ups
• 4000+ Website views
• 14 Events
• 100% Satisfaction Rate for Event Attendees
• 250+ Event Attendees
• 25+ Volunteers