The DCSF commissioned a feasibility study, which we completed in April, Nichols says. They then commissioned a follow up piece of work looking at delivery structures. Nichols adds that he is due to attend a meeting with the children’s minister Beverley Hughes later in the week of our interview to discuss the proposals.
So, how will the leadership body operate? Nichols says he is unable to comment because the government is in the process of drawing conclusions.
However, Nichols does say that, broadly speaking, the proposed leadership body will attempt to connect up more effectively the leadership programmes and schemes that already exist. There is no lack of capacity – for example, there are projects run by ContinYou to give primary school children a greater role in the leadership of schools, he says.
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