Abstract
The Leadership Programme for Serving Headteachers (LPSH) was developed by business consultants Hay McBer in association with the National Association of Headteachers (NAHT) and the Open University on behalf of the Teacher Training Agency (TTA). The programme, which has now been running since 1998, is based on the assessment and subsequent development of a number of competencies which have been identified through examination of the key features of headteachers in highly effective schools. The LPSH has received enthusiastic praise from participants on the programme who generally seem very satisfied with a process that provides them with a rigorous self-evaluation supplemented by high quality training conducted in pleasant surroundings. In this article it is my intention to examine both the basic tenets of the LPSH programme and the development materials recommended for participants. The observations and comments that emerge from that examination will demonstrate a number of concerns that should be addressed by the new National College for School Leadership, due to take responsibility for headship development in the Autumn of 2000.
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