What we do
Our purpose is to work in partnership with and for Norfolk school leaders, ensuring they have everything they need to successfully lead their school communities, thrive as leaders, support one another and look after themselves. We do this in a variety of ways, not limited to:
Listening To Leaders
Each term we provide a number of opportunities to engage with and hear from leaders about what is working well and where change is needed. This includes our monthly survey, Open Forums, Peer Support sessions and Norfolk School Leaders Updates.
Providing Knowledge
Working in schools can be busy and at times be difficult or seem overwhelming to find and retain all the information leaders need. We utilise our website, newsletters, NSLU briefings, one off meetings and partnership with The Key Leaders, to ensure Norfolk School Leaders have everything they need in a timely and accessible format. We also run New School Leader Induction for free for all New or New to Norfolk School Leaders.
Providing Advocacy
We provide advocacy to bring about changes that are required and/or support where change requires time, policy change or a process. We work with a diverse range of organisations from across the sector to accomplish this. Our phase committees and executive members represent and advocate for Norfolk school leaders on a number of boards in order to achieve this. .
Creating a Collaborative Community
Having a community of peers is vitally important for the success of school leaders. Being part of a wider community helps support school improvement, CPD, wellbeing and fosters system generosity. Each year we offer a number of opportunities to share best practice: Visiting each other’s schools, facilitating secondments/CPD, working together to solve system wide challenges.
Protect Wellbeing
We know that being part of a strong network of supportive peers, who are willing to be open and honest about struggles, to share best practice and celebrate successes, is crucial to protecting and maintaining wellbeing. We invite you to make the most of the free opportunities we provide for this across the year, such as termly open forums, Norfolk school leader updates and our fortnightly peer support sessions.
We feedback on our work and progress to leaders via our monthly newsletter and termly Norfolk School Leader Updates.
