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A Secondary Leadership Programme

by Future Leader & Edsidera

Leadership for the Next Generation

A modern leadership award for students aged 14–18, designed to develop confidence, communication, resilience, collaboration, and real-world leadership skills.

Preparing Students for
a Changing Future

Today’s students need more than academic success alone. Future Leader helps students develop leadership, communication, adaptability, resilience, collaboration, and critical thinking skills needed for university, careers, entrepreneurship, and life beyond school.

Leadership extends beyond the classroom

Building confidence for life

Preparing students for the future

Empowering student voice & agency

90%

of global employers say durable human skills are just as important as technical skills.

LEADERSHIP SKILLS

are among the top employability skills most requested by universities and employers.

85%

of jobs that will exist in 2030 have not yet been invented.

Sources: Dell Technologies / Institute for the Future, World Economic Forum Future of Jobs Report.

Built for
Future Leaders

Leadership is developed through experience, reflection, and action.

Future Leader is a progressive secondary leadership award designed to support students as they grow from self-leadership to leading with impact.

Through practical activities, reflection, collaboration, and real-world application, students build the skills needed for school, university, careers, and life beyond education.

The Core Leadership Traits

Students progressively develop the skills, mindset, and behaviours needed to become confident, ethical, and impactful leaders.

Leading Myself

Students explore integrity, resilience, empathy, self-awareness, and personal growth to build strong leadership foundations.

Working With Others

Students develop communication, teamwork, decision-making, time management, active listening, and conflict resolution skills.

Leading Others

Students learn how to motivate, delegate, adapt, support others, and lead teams effectively.

Leading With Impact

Students explore strategic thinking, ethical leadership, influence, innovation, and authentic leadership identity.

How Future Leader Works

A flexible, evidence-based leadership programme combining practical learning, reflection, collaboration, and digital achievement tracking.

Interactive leadership activities and reflection.

Real-world projects, teamwork, and challenges.

Upload achievements, reflections, and progress.

Track development and earn recognition.

Explore the Award Levels

Each level builds progressively, helping students strengthen leadership skills, confidence, communication, and future readiness throughout secondary school.

FOUNDATION

Leading Myself

Year 10 / Grade 9
Ages 14-15

Students begin their leadership journey by developing resilience, integrity, empathy, and self-awareness.

Development

Working With Others

Year 11 / Grade 10
Ages 15–16

Students strengthen teamwork, communication, decision-making, and collaboration skills.

Advanced

Leading Others

Year 12 / Grade 11
Ages 16–17

Students learn how to motivate teams, adapt to challenges, delegate effectively, and lead others positively.

Master

Leading With Impact

Year 13 / Grade 12
Ages 17–18

Students explore strategic leadership, influence, innovation, and how to create meaningful long-term impact.

What Students Gain

Future Leader helps students build transferable skills that support success both inside and beyond the classroom, while developing a portfolio of leadership experiences, reflections, and educator feedback that can support future university and college applications.

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Bring Future Leader to Your School

Explore how Future Leader can support leadership development, student growth, and future readiness within your secondary school.