Leadership CPD bundle for SLT, NPQ programmes and Ofsted preparation, with 16 practical book-based sessions for school leaders.

This comprehensive school leadership development bundle provides 16 ready-to-deliver, 60-minute CPD sessions based on influential books about leadership, strategy, coaching, decision-making, delegation, organisational change and school improvement.

Designed for headteachers, deputy headteachers, assistant headteachers, senior leadership teams, middle leaders and aspiring leaders, the resources can support:

• SLT and extended leadership-team development
• NPQ participant study and professional reflection
• Ofsted preparation and leadership discussions
• Senior and middle leadership CPD
• School improvement planning
• Leadership away days and INSET
• Leadership book studies
• Trust and multi-academy trust development
• Coaching and line-management training
• Evidence-informed decision-making
• Strategic planning and organisational development

The bundle contains CPD resources based on:

• The 12 Week Year
• The Coaching Habit
• The CEO ÌÇÐÄVlogt
• Switch
• Deep and Deliberate Delegation
• Radical Candor
• The Strategy Book
• The Power of Habit
• Predictably Irrational
• Playing to Win
• The Checklist Manifesto
• The ONE Thing
• Essentialism
• Black Box Thinking
• Thinking, Fast and Slow
• The Six Disciplines of Strategic Thinking

Each leadership CPD pack includes:

• A 60-minute PowerPoint presentation (.pptx)
• Embedded presenter notes
• A facilitator guide and detailed session notes (.docx)
• A participant handbook with activities and templates (.docx)
• A focused 15-minute pre-read (.docx)

The sessions are practical rather than purely theoretical. Participants apply each book’s central ideas to live leadership priorities, school-improvement challenges and organisational decisions. Activities encourage discussion, critical reflection, strategic thinking and clear follow-through.

The bundle covers essential leadership themes including coaching, feedback, delegation, change management, accountability, habits, workload, psychological safety, organisational learning, strategic thinking, decision biases, implementation and stakeholder engagement.

Resources can be delivered individually, combined into a leadership-development programme or used across an academic year as a structured SLT and middle-leadership CPD curriculum.