Time: 9.30am - 12 noon
This course will be delivered online but will NOT be recorded.
Fees
Member - £99
Non-Member - £149
This energising course helps school leaders thrive without burning out, balancing purpose, wellbeing, and performance. Discover how to lead with clarity, resilience, and sustainable impact while protecting your own energy and inspiring a culture of wellbeing across your school.
Facilitator
Kelly Hannaghan
Aims
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
• Understand the foundations of sustainable leadership, including how to lead with purpose, balance, and clear priorities
• Identify key stressors and burnout risks in school leadership, and develop personal strategies to reduce their impact
• Apply effective time and energy management techniques to protect wellbeing and enhance professional productivity
• Lead through change and uncertainty using adaptive leadership principles and emotionally intelligent decision-making
• Strengthen emotional resilience both personally and within leadership teams through reflective practice, boundaries, and values-driven action
• Model and embed a culture of wellbeing across the school, aligning workload policies and professional expectations with sustainable outcomes
Audience
Head teachers, Deputy and Assistant Head teachers, and aspiring senior leaders across primary, secondary schools and specialist schools.
Facilitator

Kelly Hannaghan
Kelly is a Mental Health and Wellbeing Consultant and the Director and founder of Mind Work Matters Ltd. She puts wellbeing and people at the heart of education. Kelly is an award-winning motivational speaker, school improvement advisor, published author and founder of the 'Family Matters’ empowerment and engagement programme. Kelly develops the strategies to help people in education thrive from adversities. Her work with schools and organisations raises aspirations, engagement, attendance, and outcomes.
Today, she is going to offer insight and practical tools to equip you and your staff to support pupils get back to the classroom more regularly.