Using worldwide research on impactful leadership, the Pathways will help you challenge yourself and chart your own course as a leader.

Leadership Pathway One - Leading Yourself

Designed for new leaders including phase leaders this Pathway consists of four session workshops across the year to help new leaders identify their leadership strengths and areas of development. Delegates will gain an insight into how they impact on others and begin to develop an understanding of how others impact on them. Delegates will be expected to fully engage with the sessions and start to complete a reflective journal. These sessions will be face to face and in the final session delegates will be asked to present an impact presentation to the cohort in person.

You are expected to attend all sessions.

Dates/Times

Session 1 - Fri 6th Nov 2026 9.30am-11.30am

Session 2 - Thurs 14th Jan 2027 9.30am-11.30am

Session 3 - Thurs 22nd April 2027 9.30am-11.30am

Session 4 - Thurs 17th June 2027 12.30pm-3.30pm

Course outline:

All courses are in person and delivered over four 2-hour sessions. At the last session delegates will be asked to present an impact presentation to the cohort in person. The course is a well-structured and a valuable experience that offers several key benefits for participants:

1. Clear Delivery: The course content is presented in a clear and organised manner, making it easy to follow and understand.

2. Discussions About Practice: There are ample opportunities for participants to engage in discussions about their practice, allowing for the exchange of ideas, thoughts, and opinions with others to create a collaborative learning environment.

3. Practical Ideas: Participants are provided with practical ideas and strategies that they can take back to their own school, helping them to implement what they have learned.

4. Practice and Refine: The course emphasises the importance of practicing and refining new skills and approaches, allowing participants to improve continuously.

5. Reflective Practice: The course supports the development of reflective practitioners who regularly analyse and evaluate their own practice to enhance their effectiveness.

All sessions will take place at Eastgate, Springhead Parkway, DA11 8AD. The price includes all sessions above.

Example Key Models and Resources (others will also be discussed/used)

Session 1

Transactional Analysis – Eric Berne

Session 2

Personal Drivers – Brefi

Session 3

Controlling Time – University of Sheffield

One-minute Managers - Ken Blanchard/ Spencer Johnson

Resources:

Stephen Covey – Habits of a highly effective leader

Andy Buck – Leadership Matters (coaching)

Ken Blanchard/ Spencer Johnson – One-minute Managers

Simon Sinek– Starting with the Why

V. Knoster – Managing complex change

Merriam- Webster – Sigmoid Curve/Function

Your Course Trainer:

Lorna Hamilton, CEO at The Primary First Trust

Lorna has worked across many different Local Authorities and in both Primary and Secondary settings. She delivers significant outcomes for schools with strong people management, supporting individual and school development to achieve sustainable results.

Lorna is values and research driven and uses this ethos and knowledge to enable school teams to be outward facing in school development and culture development.

Currently CEO at The Primary First Trust, Lorna has a wealth of experience in developing leaders outside of education. Earlier roles include HR Director at the Body Shop and a range of leadership and development consultancies for large corporations such as Marks & Spencer and Cosmo magazine.

Using worldwide research on what impactful leadership looks like, Lorna has developed the Leadership Pathways to nurture and support staff to develop their skills and become highly effective strategic leaders in their schools, giving them the tools and confidence to lead others and lead change.

These courses will help you to find your pathway as a leader and show you stepping stones to allow yourself to challenge yourself to have better impact.

The PFT Pathways have been running for over five years and have have had over 90 successful participants

Feedback from Charlotte who attended last year's training:

"Understanding my own drivers helped me to understand why I approach tasks in the way I do. It helped me to recognise that others are driven by different motivations which influences how they work, make decisions and achieve results. I learnt that people can approach the same situation differently. Some focus on speed others accuracy , collaboration or structure some would rather just do it themselves while others are happy to delegate. While neither approach is necessarily better or worse by understanding these differences I become better at communicating and working with others appreciating their strengths and adapting my communication and expectations to help achieve better outcomes. I also took time to consider when to have important conversations making sure both parties where i

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