Congratulations on your recent designation as a national leader of education and on stepping up to the challenge of taking responsibility for improving not just your own school, but others as well.
As both a national leader of education and the chair of NCTL, I understand the power of the support that you and your school will be able to provide to schools in challenging circumstances. I have also seen the reciprocal benefits that support provides: every school you work with will undoubtedly provide you with ideas to help improve your own practice.

As system leaders, we are united by having the power to do what we know is right for young people. The support you can offer as national leaders of education is vital to the further development of a school-led system. It is more important than ever that we seize the opportunities on offer or it will be a generation before we get that power again.

To help share the news about your new role and to promote your national support school and its work, we have created a marketing toolkit, which includes:

your national support school logo and guidance on its use

press release templates for you to adapt and share with local media

If you would like to share any thoughts and opinions on how best NCTL can help you to build a school-led system, please contact me directly at roger.pope@education.gov.uk or on Twitter at @rogerjpope.

Roger Pope
Chair of the National College for Teaching and Leadership