Chartered Teacher (Leadership) Status

Who is it for? Senior leaders, headteachers and those working in leadership roles across multiple schools.

Chartered Status is a professional learning and accreditation pathway supporting career-long development. Our Chartered Teacher Leadership pathway is for accomplished school leaders with whole-school or cross-school responsibility and influence (e.g. executive headteachers, headteachers, deputy headteachers, assistant headteachers, directors and heads of school). Achieving Chartered Teacher (Leadership) Status gives you the opportunity to engage deeply with education research and be recognised for evidence-informed, high-quality leadership practice.

Teachers and leaders who have achieved Chartered Status say they are more confident, use research and evidence to inform their approaches, and are more effective in their role. Gaining Chartered Status benefits the individual, their school and the children and young people they teach.

To be awarded Chartered Teacher (Leadership) Status you will need to demonstrate that you meet each of the Chartered Teacher Leadership Professional Principles, as defined in the Chartered College of Teaching Professional Framework. You will do this by completing a series of certified CPD units, undertaking assessments within each unit to showcase your professional expertise across a range of areas. These units are accessed via an online platform, allowing you to work towards Chartered Status at a pace that best suits you. Typically it takes around 1-2 years to complete the pathway. Individuals who are awarded Chartered Status via the Leadership pathway are able to use the postnominals ‘CTeach (Leadership)’ in recognition of this significant achievement.

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90% of Chartered Status holders say that Chartered Status has made them more effective teachers and leaders.

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Over 80% of Chartered Status holders say it has increased their confidence.

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Half of Chartered Status holders received a promotion or an enhanced role following the accreditation.

Gain certification for each step of your journey

Each of our Chartered Status CPD units is individually certified and carefully designed to promote purposeful research engagement, build on individual practice, priorities and interests, and drive meaningful improvement in your classroom and school.

To be awarded Chartered Teacher (Leadership) Status you will need to successfully complete the following units:

With the exception of the introduction and application units, the units can be completed in any order, however, we recommend that you begin with the Certificate in Evidence-Informed Practice which provides a strong foundation for the subsequent units you will complete on this pathway. The Certificate in Evidence-Informed Practice and Mentoring Development Certificate can also be completed as standalone courses, independent of the Chartered Status pathway.

If you have any questions, feel free to get in touch with us via email: charteredteacher@chartered.college

Introductory course

Familiarise yourself with the Chartered Teacher Leadership Professional Principles and explore the evidence around effective CPD and leadership as you develop a Professional Learning Profile that will drive your development as you work towards becoming Chartered.

Course length: 1 month
Enrolment fee: £49

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Certificate In Evidence-Informed Practice

Learn how to navigate education research, build your understanding of key themes and debates within current education research, and consider implications for classroom and leadership practice.

Course length: Up to 3 months:
Enrolment fee: £109

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Certificate in Strategic CPD Leadership

Deepen and extend your knowledge of effective professional development practice and learn how you can strategically embed evidence-informed approaches to teacher professional development in your context.

Course length: 1 term or 3-6 months
Enrolment fee: £179

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Education Research and Inquiry Certificate (Leadership)

Learn how to use inquiry as a mechanism for rigorous evaluation of school practices and to support school development. Undertake an evidence-informed inquiry project to gain deeper insights into existing practice, with the ultimate aim to improve pupil outcomes.

Course length: 3-6 months
Enrolment fee: £179

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Professional Knowledge Award (Leadership)

Demonstrate your knowledge of school leadership, teacher development, pedagogy and assessment through three professional knowledge examinations (includes access to our Principles of Assessment online short course).

Course length: 1-12 months
Enrolment fee: £139

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Application for Chartered Teacher (Leadership) Status

Submit your application to become Chartered, this will include your Professional Learning Profile and an Educational Perspective Statement.

Course length: 1 month
Application fee: £79

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Eligibility

To be eligible for Chartered Teacher (Leadership) Status, you must hold membership of the Chartered College and be currently employed as a teacher in a senior or executive leadership role, working with children or young people aged 0-19 years in an early years, primary, secondary, further education or specialist setting, either:

in the UK, Ireland, a Crown Dependency or a British Overseas Territory
in a Services Education Setting
in a British International School, or
in none of the above, but you have completed initial teacher training in the UK.

If you are working in a middle leadership role (inc. subject leader, Head of department), you should instead register for our Chartered Teacher pathway (or Chartered Teacher Mentor pathway, if relevant).

Recognition of prior learning

If you have recently undertaken training or gained a qualification with another organisation, you may be able to use this as credits towards one or more Chartered Status unit, through our offer of Recognition of Prior Certified Learning (RPCL).

The Chartered Teacher (Leadership) pathway is utterly brilliant! It is by some stretch the best sequenced and informed PD I have ever had. The content of the modules is so thought provoking and provides such a brilliant scaffold for thinking about the concepts contained within.

Adam Kohlbeck FCCT, CTeach (Leadership)

Assistant Head Teacher for Teaching and Learning, Birkbeck Primary school

Contact us

You can contact the Chartered College of Teaching Accreditation Team at charteredteacher@chartered.college. You can also connect with the Chartered Teacher community via social media using the hashtag #CTeach

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