The leadership college, as I said to you prior to the summer recess, will be established during this year and will be taking and providing courses by the start of the next academic year.

With regard to school managers and different forms of school governance and leadership, I hope to be able to make those announcements in line with resources allocated in the Welsh Government’s budget, which will be later on this term. We are moving as quickly as possible to look at ways in which we can change qualifications for headteachers. I’ve literally been in post since halfway through May and we are moving things on as quickly as we possibly can. I identified a lack of support for school leaders immediately on coming into office. It’s one part of issues that were raised with Welsh Government by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development that had not been taken forward, and I’m taking them forward as a priority.