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=Future Leaders Charitable Trust=

Future Leaders Charitable Trust is a UK charitable organisation with the mission of addressing educational disadvantage. It recruits and trains aspiring school leaders who focus on raising the achievement and attainment of pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds. It aims to change a system that allows children from deprived backgrounds to be educationally marginalised.

A participant enrolled on the Future Leaders programme is commonly referred to as a ‘Future Leader’.

Origins
Following a feasibility trip to the US and seeing the work of New Leaders, Future Leaders Charitable Trust was set up in 2006 as an independent charity by Absolute Return for Kids, National College for School Leadership, and The Schools Network. These organisations shared the vision for a leadershup programme to improve the life chances of pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds. Heath Monk is currently CEO of the charity.

It became a registered charity on 15 November 2006, with charity number 1116801.

The Future Leaders programme
The Future Leaders Charitable Trust was set up to deliver the Future Leaders programme; an accelerated leadership development programme for current and former teachers to become headteachers of challenging schools in around four years.

Around seven out of ten of the poorest children are still leaving school without five or more good GCSEs including English and maths Based on OECD research, the UK has one of the widest achievement gaps in the developed world. The Future Leaders programme was established based on evidence that effective, inspirational school leadership can have a significant impact on closing this gap.

In 2009 the largest and most extensive study of contemporary leadership to be conducted in England found that effective inspirational school leadership can eradicate educational disadvantage.

A McKinsey & Company report in 2012 commented that Ofsted reports show that 93 out of 100 schools with good leadership also have good standards of achievement, while only one out of 100 schools without good leadership will have good standards of achievement.

The Future Leaders programme combines residential and on the job training, including a one-year placement under a mentor headteacher in a challenging school, a study tour to visit Charter and District schools in the US and ongoing leadership coaching from an experienced headteacher,.

In 2006, Future Leaders recruited 20 participants in London onto their inaugural cohort. The programme expanded to the North West in 2008, the Midlands in 2009, Yorkshire & the Humber and South Coast in 2010 and the North East in 2012.

Glen Denham
Previously an Olympic basketball player and talk show host in New Zealand, Glen joined the Future Leaders programme in 2007 and completed his first year at Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys before going onto become Deputy Headteacher. He took up post as Principal of Oasis Academy Shirley Park in 2009; his first year saw a 20% increase in 5 A*-Cs GCSEs including English and maths from the predecessor school. The 2011 results saw a further increase to 56% of pupils achieving 5A*-C GCSEs.

Sajid Hussain
A Bradford born teacher and Oxford graduate, Sajid joined the Future Leaders programme in 2009. He worked at Dixons City Academy where he went on to become Assistant Vice Principal. After visiting Charter Schools in the US on the Future Leaders programme, Sajid was inspired to start his own school serving local pupils. He is now Principal of Kings Science Academy, a Free School he helped set up, serving a deprived community in Bradford. It opened in September 2011.

Peter Hughes
Peter previously worked as a supply teacher in New South Wales, Australia. He joined the Future Leaders programme in 2007 and worked in Mossbourne Community Academy, where he has risen up the ranks under the guidance of Sir Michael Wilshaw, the former Principal. He became Principal of Mossbourne Community Academy in April 2012.

Jane Keeley
Jane was born in Baghdad and previously worked as a research scientist, university lecturer and counsellor. She completed her first year on the Future Leaders programme at Stockwell Park School in 2007 and went on to become Assistant Principal at Westminster Academy, both in London.

Jane became the first female Future Leader to secure a headship when she was appointed Headteacher at Haggerston School in September 2010.

Francois van Rensburg
Francois competed in international athletics in his home country of South Africa. He completed his first year on the Future Leaders programme at Morpeth School in London in 2007, before progressing to Deputy Head at The Warren Comprehensive School. He was appointed Headteacher there in June 2010. The school has since improved its grades by 35 per cent in four years, 92% of students now achieve 5 GCSEs A*-Cs.

Future Leaders Headteachers
Since the programme began in 2006, there are now 29 Future Leaders in headship positions.

Accredited senior leadership training and NPQH
The Future Leaders Charitable Trust was awarded a National College licence to provide accredited training qualifications and will be offering two new programmes - Leading Impact, the National Professional Qualification for Senior Leadership (NPQSL) and Keys to Headship,  National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH).

Teaching Leaders
It also recruits for another National College programme called Teaching Leaders which offers accelerated leadership development for middle school leaders.

Free School Principal Designate assessment centres
It has previously been commissioned by Department for Education (DfE) to assess the proposed principals of Free Schools.

Consultancy
The National College for School Leadership has commissioned the organisation to consult on creating modules aimed at school leaders who are leading Free Schools or start-up schools.

Training and development
The organisation has worked with individual schools that are interested in their training and developmental tools to drive improvement in their leadership teams.