SLE | Inspire Teaching School Alliance

What is an SLE?

SLEs work with other schools to help them raise achievement and improve outcomes for their students.

They are experienced teaching and support staff from all kinds of schools with a particular area of expertise to offer.
They have excellent interpersonal skills, are able to work sensitively and collaboratively with others and have a commitment to outreach work.
They understand what outstanding practice in their area of specialism looks like and can help others to achieve it in their own context.
Appointment, training and deployment as an SLE is also an opportunity for personal professional development.

The current round of recruitment has now closed, and we will announce the next round on this page in due course – probably in the summer term 2017.

How to Apply

If you would like to apply please complete Section 1 of the application form linked below and send it to your headteacher to complete Section 2. Please note that a successful application must show evidence of:

Expertise in your specialism
A commitment to outreach
Leadership or other significant responsibility
Use of coaching or facilitation skills to grow leadership capacity in others
The significant impact of your contribution in supporting others in other schools and/or at St Paul's

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Meet our Leaders

Our National Leaders of Education (NLEs), Local Leaders of Education (LLEs) and Specialist Leaders of Education (SLEs) can be deployed individually to support schools but, increasingly, we are being asked to provide a package of interventions involving a multi-disciplinary team including not just subject-specific knowledge but also broader experience such as in leadership, curriculum design, pupil premium reviews, workforce planning and strategic financial planning.

We also offer a wide range of training, including leadership development at all levels.