Welcome to the Buckinghamshire Academy for School Leadership

What is the Buckinghamshire Academy for School Leadership (BASL)?

The Buckinghamshire Academy is led by school leaders for school leaders. It aims to further improve the quality of leadership, teaching and learning in the county through professional development, collaboration and mutual support.

All headteachers of Buckinghamshire maintained schools are members of the Academy and entitled to stand for election to the BASL Board.

The aim of the Academy is to raise the quality of leadership in the county through a collaborative leadership learning community that:

• Encourages and supports collaborative leadership learning;

• Provides a professional development programme that is innovative, research-based and builds on shared experience;

• Celebrates success.