Enabling Leaders helps you build your leadership pipeline from within, spotting, developing and retaining the leaders your school needs, and turning that growth into measurable, lasting impact.
Schools are brilliant at spotting talent in the classroom, but far less consistent at growing it into leadership. Too often, potential goes unnoticed until someone leaves, and by then it’s too late.
65% of new secondary headteachers don’t last three years in post. Replacing a teacher costs schools up to £20,000, before you even count the disruption to pupils and staff. Without a clear, consistent way to develop leaders from within, schools are left constantly recruiting rather than growing the people they already have.
With a research base this large, results speak for themselves.
Enabling Leaders runs as an ongoing cycle rather than a single intervention: spotting potential, building capability, empowering leaders to act, and planning for the long term.
A one-year programme built around your own leadership framework, not a generic course.
Working directly with your executive team to unpick your values, vision, context and strategy, building your bespoke 10-point leadership framework.
The framework is unpacked with all your leaders, defining what great leadership actually means in your school(s).
An ongoing online platform giving full visibility of leadership talent across your organisation.
Leaders evaluate their own confidence across the 10 leadership areas.
A 90-minute Precise Professional Conversation with a coach, agreeing confidence levels and next steps.
The cycle repeats, reflecting on progress and development.
Every programme is delivered by experienced school leaders and practitioners, not generic trainers.
An experienced senior leader in both Scotland and England, former Head Teacher Judy Pitt is an accredited Visible Learning plus and Osiris Teaching Intervention trainer. Judy is passionate about whole school improvement and staff wellbeing. She has significant first hand experience of leading schools through challenging circumstances. Her counselling, coaching and mentoring strengths enable her to quickly recognise and cultivate the potential in others and school organisations.
John Huddlestone, an expert trainer and former deputy headteacher, drives school improvement with over 25 years’ experience. Specialising in teaching, assessment, and leadership, John’s practical training raises standards and boosts teacher performance. An Osiris Teaching Intervention trainer, he supports schools in the UK and abroad with impactful, sustainable change.
Liz has over 30 years’ experience in education including teaching, school improvement and mathematics training. She has worked with schools all over the country, consistently achieving excellent results. Her courses are inspiring, practical and full of ideas to take back to the classroom.
Nick Austin is a seasoned Teaching and Learning expert and NLP specialist, passionate about elevating education. A former headteacher and current vice chair of governors, he delivers practical, engaging training nationally and internationally, focusing on NLP strategies, TA development, and leadership, helping educators provide exceptional learning experiences for all students.
Wendy Brown, a leading trainer for the Osiris Teaching Intervention, brings over 20 years’ teaching experience to her impactful, Ofsted-praised training. Known for practical, tailored INSET sessions, Wendy helps teachers become reflective, collaborative practitioners, driving measurable improvements in classroom practice across England and Scotland.
Carmel Bones is a team leader and trainer for the Osiris Teaching Intervention working internationally in schools helping teachers who are leading on teaching and learning. She is an author, consultant and examiner, with over 20 years teaching experience in education and recognised as an Honorary Fellow of the Historical Association.
Most professional learning ends where it should begin; with enthusiasm, not evidence. OTI is built around practice, coaching and reflection in your own classroom.
Not sure yet how it would work for your leaders? Here’s what schools ask us most.
The programme is built directly around your existing school day to ensure minimum timetable disruption.
OTI is proven across primary, secondary, and special school settings, adapting fully to your specific priorities.
We help you select suitable cohorts during your scoping session, from teachers needing a lift to future leaders building expertise.
Yes. Schools can run cohorts of 5 or 10, or explore individual teacher pathways.
Enabling Leaders uplifts your leaders and leadership, enriching a culture of belonging and giving you real proof of impact and growth, not just good intentions.