There are two ways to activate a subscription:
Is it for a single school and you’re able to pay online? Navigate to Join and purchase online
For any other case, including when an invoice is needed, contact us at info@leadershipmatters.org.uk or call us on 02082219080 so we can set this up for you.
Our pricing structure is based on the number of pupils in a school. This scale starts at 1-99 pupils and goes to 2,500+ pupils. All our pricing information can be found in the ‘Pricing’ section of our website. If you’re enquiring on behalf of a MAT or LA, please contact info@leadershipmatters.org.uk or call us on 02082219080.
If you would like to cancel your Leadership Matters subscription, please contact info@leadershipmatters.org.uk or call us on 02082219080. This will be actioned at once and activate from the end date of your current subscription.
All Leadership Matters accounts are on an automatic renewal basis, unless stated otherwise. Your school’s Lead User will be notified of the renewal three weeks in advance. We will also give your school a call to confirm that all existing contacts detail are correct prior to the renewal. If you wish to re-activate a previous subscription, please contact info@leadershipmatters.org.uk or call us on 02082219080.
You can easily purchase a subscription for your school by clicking on ‘Join Now’ at the top of the home page. If you would like to discuss Leadership Matters further, or our MAT and LA discounts, please contact info@leadershipmatters.org.uk or call us on 02082219080
If you would like us to change the Admin or add additional Admins onto your subscription, please contact info@leadershipmatters.org.uk or call us on 02082219080. We will need your school's name and postcode; plus, the first name, surname and email address of the person you would like to assign administrative rights to. Please note this can take up to 24 hours to come into effect.
Unfortunately, you cannot add a user to your subscription from a different school. Each subscription is appointed to one school, if someone at a different school would like to join Leadership Matters, their school would have to purchase a subscription.
If you would like us to change the Lead User or add additional Lead Users onto your subscription, please contact info@leadershipmatters.org.uk or call us on 02082219080. We will need your school's name and postcode; plus, the full name and email address of the person you would like to assign administrative rights to. Please note this can take up to 24 hours to come into effect.
Only an Admin for your school account can add, remove and manage users.
Log in > Click Name > Admin Area > Our Subscriptions > View Assigned
This will show all staff within the school's account.
To add new staff click ‘Assign’ and you will have the option to create a new user account
There is no limit to the number of users a school can have – as long as they are from your school!
Please refer to Leadership Matters - Assigning a License to a New User in the Web Portal by Administrators
Once logged in, you can view all existing data and open reports by heading to your ‘Dashboard’. Your dashboard is completely tailored to you, and a hub in which you can pick up where you left off, add more participants to a 360 review, re-open a closed 360 review, edit an LM Survey and much more!
Please reach out to info@leadershipmatters.org.uk and we’ll be happy to help.
When you log into Leadership Matters, you’ll see the section pictured below. It tells you what content you’ll need to complete to progress. Under the LM Pathways heading, you’ll see which Pathway you are currently following as well as all the content for the Pathway.

We have the following modules, each having 4 Learning Resources within them:
Introduction
Personal Qualities
Your Situation
Strategic Direction
Create Alignment
Build and Sustain
Create Teams
Deliver Results
Plan and Organise
Leadership Approach
Learning Resources are discrete modules relating to an aspect of leadership development. They typically are comprised of:
Please see this guide - Re-send 360 Invites to Reviewers (existing and new!)
Diagnostic Tools give you an understanding or insight into an aspect of leadership. You can find more information on each of them here:
LM 360 - This unique peer review system enables you to thoroughly consider your own leadership qualities with 40 comprehensive questions.
LM Engage - Measure the level of discretionary effort within your organisation with LM Engage.
LM Persona - Discover the predispositions that govern your decisions, strategy and personality and use these deep insights to accelerate your strengths and identify and improve your weaknesses.
LM Style - Identify which styles you are more inclined to use and how you can benefit from trying new approaches to.
LM Survey - Understand how your wider community feel with customisable surveys for pupils, parents and staff.
LM Team - Understand your team's strengths and areas to improve on with this collaborative tool.
Log in to your Dashboard and find the heading “LM Pathways”. Under that heading will be the option to Switch Pathways. Click “Switch Pathways” and then you can select which Pathway you want to follow. This can be done at any time.
There are 3 different Pathways available:
Aspirant Leader Pathway - Designed for teachers who are keen to take on a formal leadership role.
Middle Leader Pathway – Designed for staff working as a middle leader or preparing for middle leadership.
Senior Leader Pathway – Designed for staff working as a Senior Leader or preparing for Senior Leadership.
Your setting’s training lead may assign you a different pathway depending on circumstances.
Subscribers have 3 different Pathways that guide them through the resources available. In each Pathway you’ll find Diagnostic Tools and Learning Resources tailored to your level of leadership.
Ordered books are delivered to your school directly from our supplier within 10 working days.
Once logged in, you can view all existing data and open reports by heading to your ‘Dashboard’. Your dashboard is completely tailored to you, and a hub in which you can pick up where you left off, add more participants to a 360 review, re-open a closed 360 review, edit an LM Survey and much more!
Ordered books are delivered to your school directly from our supplier within 10 working days.
To place a book order, please contact info@leadershipmatters.org.uk and we will email you a Book Order Form for you to complete. Once this has been completed, the order will be processed on the system. Please be mindful that once an order has been dispatched, it can take up to 10-working days for it to arrive with your school. All our Leadership Books can be found on the ‘LM Books’ page of our website.
The rewards are uncapped so there is no limit.
The organisation must not have taken out a paid Leadership Matters subscription in the last 12 months.
Fill out this form with your details and the details of the organisation you want to refer. We’ll get in touch, and then when they take out a paid subscription your organisation will receive 10% of the value of that subscription.
Example – School A refers School B to Leadership Matters. School B takes out a subscription worth £600 and School A receives £60.
Any organisation that is an active Leadership Matters subscriber can refer another school or setting.
A subscribing organisation may know another organisation who would benefit from Leadership Matters. The Referral Scheme rewards organisations who introduce us to new subscribers.