What is it?
A one-day course for colleagues leading on enrichment in their school or college, whether you're brand new to the role or already leading and want to strengthen your offer and lead with confidence. The day runs through the foundations, right through to creating a strategy, including what a high-quality enrichment offer looks like, how it can be timetabled and funded, and where it sits within the wider curriculum, before moving onto strategic leadership and the latest research.
The final session turns theory into practice, with delegates leaving with a draft strategy and clear next steps for their own setting. The course is led by ASCL Data, Disadvantage and Primary Specialist Tiffnie Harris, and colleagues.
Why is it needed?
The DfE Enrichment Framework, published in June 2026, builds on the recommendations of the Curriculum and Assessment Review and applies to schools and post-16 providers. The Schools White Paper reinforces this, setting out a core entitlement to enrichment for all pupils. While the new guidance is non-statutory, from September 2026, Ofsted will consider a school’s or college's enrichment provision as part of personal development and wellbeing.
This is a significant and unfamiliar area for many leaders to get to grips with, and this course does all the heavy lifting, working through the guidance step by step and helping colleagues make sense of what it means in practice.