Further details of how the government’s £3.8 million academy trust chief executive development programme will work have been published.
Ministers promised to launch the programme as in their 2022 schools white paper.
The contract was handed to the government’s flagship training provider, the National Institute of Teaching (NIoT), which has pledged to develop “the new generation of courageous, pioneering” leaders.
The first 25 recruits will start in February next year, followed by a larger cohort of 50 in July.
