Leading on… 2022/23

Online, quality CPD for senior leaders and aspiring leaders

Our popular Leading on… webinar series returns for the new academic year with some new features designed to create an even better CPD experience for the entire senior leadership team.

Delivered by the ASCL Policy Specialists and our expert trainers - who are all experienced, school, college, and trust leaders - these webinars will provide up-to-date insight and advice together with ideas and examples which can be used within different contexts. There will also be the opportunity to ask questions relevant to your own setting and situation.

Leading on… continues to offer great value online CPD on key leadership topics.

Based on feedback, we have moved from a termly licence to a single licence to cover the entire academic year meaning that you and your team can benefit from uninterrupted access to an even larger suite of CPD throughout the year.

The popularity of accessing the webinars on-demand has led us to create a new library of pre-recorded content that is available to access at a time convenient to you. This will be complemented by live session on ‘hot-topics’ to bring you essential updates on developing and emerging issues.

We have also been busy creating additional resources to support many of the sessions.

New for 2022/23…A school, college or trust licence for Leading on… also includes access to our popular series, Leading Conversations featuring speakers from the world of education and beyond discussing their experiences of strategic leadership.

So far over 8,000 school, college and trust leaders have used Leading on… as part of their professional learning and development.

A school or trust licence for Leading on… 2022/23 provides:

  • Over 100 hours of high quality CPD tailored to the needs of senior leaders
  • Access for your school or trust senior leaders plus your aspiring leaders
  • On demand access to recorded sessions
  • Live sessions on hot-topics throughout the year
  • Session support resources which can be used in your school/trust
  • Ability to submit questions to session leaders
  • Access to the Leading Conversations webinar series

Sessions will cover a wide range of topics including:

  • Business management
  • Curriculum and teaching and learning
  • Data and inspection
  • Ofsted 
  • Funding and finance
  • Planning for retirement
  • Post-16 and FE
  • Safeguarding and inclusion
  • Staffing

School/college licence
Subscribe to a school/college licence which provides access to the complete series (live attendance and recordings) for up to all members of your leadership team for just £500 plus VAT (based on a single site institution) throughout the 2022/23 academic year.

Multi-academy trusts and other institutions with multiple sites
2-5 schools £750 plus VAT
6-10 schools £1000 plus VAT
More than 10 schools – please email pd@ascl.org.uk to discuss your requirements.

Individual access to specific sessions
Sign up for an individual session for £50 + VAT per webinar (access for one user).



Feedback from previous Leading on series

"We’ve been able to involve the whole of SLT and some middle leaders in these sessions. Fantastic content which can be accessed at any time. It’s an integral part of our staff development activity."

"Superb sessions. Well structured. Really knowledgeable facilitators. All pitched at a great level."

"There are sessions suitable for the whole team and it has provided a great basis for discussion about our development and plans for the future."