Our Impact
Future Leaders began in London in 2006 with 20 participants. There are now over 280 Future Leaders working in more than 200 challenging schools impacting on the life chances of at least 200,000 pupils in disadvantaged areas.
Read our latest report which shows schools who have employed a Future Leader for at least two years have improved their results at a faster rate than the national average.
Future Leaders is committed to tackling educational disadvantage by creating exceptional leaders for secondary schools in challenging circumstances. Our mission is to ensure access to a high quality education for every child. Over 280 Future Leaders now work in more than 200 challenging schools across five UK regions, impacting on the life chances of at least 200,000 pupils in disadvantaged areas.
Indications from 2011 GCSE results suggest that schools with Future Leaders headteachers, who have been in post for either a year or two years, increased the percentage of pupils obtaining 5A*-C GCSEs (including English and maths) by over 6 percentage points on average. Read our press release
This year we also found that schools that have employed a Future Leader for at least two years since the programme began, have improved their results at a faster rate (4.57%) than the national average (2.35%).
“Closing the achievement gap between the richest and the poorest children is a key goal for this Government. Evidence shows that strong leadership by outstanding headteachers helps to drive up standards in schools. We want to ensure that accidents of birth and the unfairness of life’s lottery are overcome so that every child reaches their full potential. That is why we want to work with excellent organisations like Future Leaders who help place inspirational professionals in some of the most challenging schools in the country.”
Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Education
Having grown tenfold in our short history, we continue to build a network of effective, inspirational school leaders who play a key role in improving outcomes for pupils in the schools in which they work. We evaluate their impact using a number of indicators that are known to be directly linked to the improvement in a young person’s life chances.
Find out more about the impact some of our Future Leaders are already having.
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