Neophyte Liberal MP - Paul Rowen of Rochdale
Councillor Paul Rowen MP, what he does, when and why -Monday, October 17, 2005
PQ's to Minister of Education October 11th 2005
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what
her plans are for replacing the Leadership Incentive Grant when it
finishes next year.
Jacqui Smith (Minister of State (Schools), Department for Education and Skills) Hansard source
Ministers have yet to take decisions on the targeting of additional funds through the new Single School Grant from 2006–07 onwards.
Comment
Maybe next time , ask what date the Minister expects to make an announcement on the continuation etc ......
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how
many head teachers and senior teachers have completed the National
Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH) programme; how many
middle leaders have completed Leading from the Middle; and how many
applicants have failed to complete either NPQH or Leading from the
Middle programmes in each of the last five years.
Jacqui Smith (Minister of State (Schools), Department for Education and Skills) Hansard source
On the basis of information provided by the National College for School Leadership:
The number of candidates who have completed the National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH) in the last five years is—2,258 in 2001; 3,183 in 2002; 3,295 in 2003; 3,838 in 2004; and 1,899 (to date) in 2005. Of those who hold NPQH—4,601 are headteachers and 8,657 assistant and deputy headteachers. While we can say how many candidates completed the NPQH in a given year, this will not necessarily be the same year they were appointed to a headteacher or assistant or deputy headteacher post. It is, therefore, only possible to say how many headteachers, and assistant and deputy headteachers currently hold NPQH.
The number of middle leaders who have completed the Leading from the Middle Programme since it was delivered for the first time in September 2003, is 1,978 in Cohort 1 which started in September 2003; 1,965 in Cohort 2 which started in April 2004; and 3,127 in Cohort 3 which started in September 2004. As the programme lasts for 10 months, no information is available so far for the numbers who have completed Cohort 4 which started in April 2004.
The number of applicants who have failed to complete NPQH in each of the last five years is—77 in 2001; 315 in 2002; 332(17%) in 2003; 508((26%) in 2004; and 328 (10.5%)in 2005.
The number of applicants who have failed to complete the Leading from the Middle programme is 175 from Cohort 1; 193( 10%) from Cohort 2; and 124 (4%) from Cohort 3.Comment
It is difficult to tell what these figures show us, there are many who believe teaching leadership is a fairly pointless exercise. There are many styles of leadership, derived usually from alifetime of experience and many failures and succeses on the way. The training often involves formulaic responses which are rarely useful in real life.
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