About us

• Initiatives
  • Careers education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG)
  • Chairs of governors
  • Leadership for Closing the Gap 2010-11
  • Leadership Strategy
  • Local Leaders of Education Programme
  • National Challenge
• National Leaders of Education and National Support Schools Programme
• National teaching schools
• Parental engagement
• Primary leadership
• Research Associate Programme
• School business management activity
• Specialist leaders of education
• Succession planning
• Previous initiatives

About the National Challenge

The National Challenge programme is designed to support secondary schools who fall below the floor targets.

Its goal is that, by 2011, 30 per cent of students in every secondary school will achieve five GCSEs at grade A*-C, including English and mathematics. Each National Challenge school will be supported by a National Challenge adviser.

Support for these schools is drawn from a range of agencies and providers including the National Strategies and the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA).

Support offered by the National College

The National College is providing support in the following strands:

• National Leaders of Education (NLEs) and National Support Schools (NSSs)
• Local Leaders of Education (LLEs)
• Developing Senior Leadership Teams (leadership development programme)