Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school leaders her Department have recruited to the talented leaders programme to date.
To date, the Future Leaders Trust that runs the Talented Leaders programme has recruited 27 school leaders to the programme. This first cohort of talented leaders will be matched and placed in headship positions in schools by September 2015.
The Talented Leaders programme aims to recruit 100 exceptional school leaders over two cohorts and match them with schools in areas of the country that are facing some of the toughest challenges.