Guidance

National leaders of further education: current national leaders

The national leaders of further education programme is a source of support to improve quality in further education colleges.

From:

Department for Education

Published:

18 January 2018

Last updated:

25 February 2026

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25 February 2026
Removed Ellen Thinnesen and Colin Booth from the 'National leaders of further education' list.
20 June 2025
Updated the 'National leaders of further education' section and added a new leader to the 'National leaders of further education finance specialists' section.
1 September 2023
Removed Paul Phillips (Weston College) and Kate Roe (Darlington College), as they have stepped down from their role.
7 November 2022
The contact details for national leaders of further education finance specialists has been added. Information about recruiting finance specialists for the programme has been removed.
22 August 2022
How to apply to be a finance specialist for national leaders of further education (NLFE) added. Stockton Riverside College (Education Training collective) removed from the list of NLFEs.
17 March 2022
We have updated the page now the application process has closed and have added the new members to the page.
29 November 2021
We have updated the programme information and list of current members.
23 January 2020
Updated list of leaders to include Stockton Riverside College, Huddersfield New College, London South East Colleges, Nelson and Colne College, East Kent College and Leeds City College. Also, removed some institutions from the list.
18 January 2018
First published.

Applies to England