Applications to the Cultural Education Leadership Programme will be scored according to the following criteria (listed in order of priority):
Strength of application in terms of:
- Understanding of benefit of participation to the applicant
- Understanding of benefit of participation to the school
- Commitment to programme expectations (attendance and project work)
Strength of Headteacher’s supporting statement in terms of
- Benefit to the school
- Benefit to the applicant
- Articulation of how the applicant will be supported both in terms of time for project work and of collaboration
School percentages of:
- Pupil Premium
- SEND
- EHCP
- EAL
If we receive a large number of applications we may also need to consider:
- Geographical spread (i.e. balancing the number of participating schools per borough).
- Balance between mainstream and SEND settings.
Please note: we can only accept one application per school in the 24/25 academic year. There are 20 places available on the programme. In 24/25 we are also not able to accept applications from schools that participated in the 2023/24 pilot programme.
