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An academy, a community and a podcast. For the people leading in schools, worldwide.

A learning home for school leaders worldwide. Live online cohorts, a private alumni community, and a chart-topping weekly podcast. All built on one idea: the best leadership work is done alongside peers, not handed down as a framework.

The Academy 10-lever Intensive
The Circles Private alumni community
The Podcast Chart-topping worldwide

Trusted by leaders at schools & organisations worldwide

Australian International School SaigonAustralian International School Saigon British International School HCMCBritish International School HCMC Brighton College HanoiBrighton College Hanoi The British School KathmanduThe British School Kathmandu Dwight School SeoulDwight School Seoul Dulwich International High School SuzhouDulwich International, Suzhou Hangzhou International SchoolHangzhou International School Harrow International School ShanghaiHarrow International School Shanghai ISA International Education GroupISA International Education Group Malvern College QingdaoMalvern College Qingdao Sedbergh School FuzhouSedbergh School Fuzhou Sino-Canada SchoolSino-Canada School UWC Changshu ChinaUWC Changshu China Wycombe Abbey School HangzhouWycombe Abbey School Hangzhou Yew Chung Yew WahYew Chung Yew Wah (YCYW) University of WarwickUniversity of Warwick St Mary's University College BelfastSt Mary’s University College Belfast Teaching WalkThrusTeaching WalkThrus Teacher Development TrustTeacher Development Trust CollectivEdCollectivEd International Curriculum AssociationInternational Curriculum Association EducationScapeEducationScape Venture EducationVenture Education PD AcademiaPD Academia The OLLIE FoundationThe OLLIE Foundation

40+ schools & organisations · 30+ countries · and thousands more leaders reached every week through the chart-topping podcast.

Three ways in

The cohort, the community, the podcast.

Pick the one that fits where you are right now. They're designed to work together: alumni of the Intensive carry on inside The Circles, and everyone is welcome on the podcast.

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What we believe

The expertise is already in the building.

Schools don't need another model imposed from outside. They need their own leaders to keep getting better at the work in front of them. Practical, evidence-based, peer-led work, at a pace a real leadership role can actually keep up with.

That's what we're for. A learning home for the people leading in schools, worldwide.

Shane Leaning, founder of Education Leaders
Founded by

Shane Leaning.

An independent organisational coach, Shane has spent over a decade helping school leaders worldwide, from middle leaders to executive heads. He co-authored Change Starts Here (Routledge, 2025), hosts the chart-topping Education Leaders podcast, and has worked with leaders in more than 30 countries.

#1 in countries worldwide 30+ countries 185+ podcast episodes Routledge author, 2025
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Change Starts Here, by Shane Leaning and Efraim Lerner (Routledge, 2025) Change Starts Here · Routledge, 2025
The Podcast

The Education Leaders Podcast.

A weekly show with the big thinkers, researchers and innovators from the leadership space. Always practical. Real conversations you can take into your next leadership meeting.

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