Church School Leadership
Whether you are new to leadership in a Church school or are an experienced Headteacher here you will find information and resources to support you. Do also look at the webpages on RE, Collective Worship and SIAMS, for key documents and training to support those elements of Church school life too.
Key Document
The Guidance document below gives information on various elements of Church schools such as:
- Admissions and Appeals
- Buildings
- Governance
- Collective Worship
- Religious Education
More Leadership Resources
Leadership Focused Reflections
Action Learning Sets
Church School Leadership Sessions 26-27
- 17th September – 10:00-11:00 – Global Christianity
- 12th October – 14:00 – 15:00 – Vision and hopes for the year ahead
- 11th November – 10:30-11:30 – (in person at St Martin’s House with breakfast) Collective Worship and spiritual flourishing
- 10th December – 13:30 -14:30 – Christmas reflection and celebration
- 14th January – 10:00 – 11:00 – Treating yourself and others well
- 10th February – 13:30-14:30 – Justice and responsibility
- No headteacher briefing in March due to Headteacher conference
- 14th April – 10:00 – 11:00 – Working through hardship
- 17th May – 13:30 – 14:30 – RE updates
- 16th June – 09:30-11:30 (in person at St Martin’s House with breakfast) – headteacher carousel
Please book on to these sessions using the book when system on our website. The briefings will include a time to pause in guided reflection and a chance to connect with other senior leaders in break out rooms. The rest of the session will then be geared around discussing a certain aspect of Church school life, and these are indicated next to each of the sessions above. These sessions are also a great time to share good practice and so do let tracey.manns@leicesterdbe.org if there is something happening in your school that you would love to share.
New Headteacher Induction Programme 26-27
The DBE funds an Induction Programme for all headteachers (and Heads of Schools). We encourage anyone who is new to headship in a Church of England school to access all of it regardless of whether you have worked in a Church school in the past. This programme would also be relevant to any deputy or assistant headteachers who are taking a lead on Christian distinctiveness/ethos or would like to know more about the importance of working in a Church school. If there is a senior leader who is not new but would like to be involved with this induction programme, contact Tracey at tracey.manns@leicesterdbe.org
- Welcome Meeting on what it means to lead a Church School. 8th October, 10.30-2pm, St Martin’s House Leicester, lunch included and a commissioning of new Headteacher’s by Bishop Saju.
- Essential recorded Webinars:
- Admissions
- Buildings & Governance
- New staff Church School induction programme which includes RE, vison and values, CW and SIAMS.
- Minster Communities
- Follow up meeting (reflection Q and A of webinars) – 3rd February, 10.30-11.30am
- Loving Leadership Day, 20th May 2027, 09.00am – 3.30pm a face-to-face event at Launde Abbey, led by Carolyn Shoyer and Tracey Manns
New headteachers will have been contacted directly with details of the above events including zoom access. If you are a new head or senior leader or an existing leader who would like access to the above and have not received the details, please email officedbe@Leicesterdbe.org
2027 Headteacher Conference
Residential from the 4th March (11am) through to 5th March (1pm) 2027, Grand Hall at St Martin’s House, Leicester followed by the Hilton Hotel in Leicester.
This will be a very special time of gathering as a family of church schools. This year will focus on the theme of ‘transformational schools’ with sessions and seminars to reflect on your leadership and have clear takeaways for your individual school context and trusts. The conference allows valuable time to press pause and have time to network with other colleagues from across the Diocese and Church School family. The conference will start with lunch on the 4th March and end with lunch on the 5th March. All lunches, dinner and breakfast are included within the price.
More information and poster coming soon…
Please secure your place by the end of December 2026.