We’re taking Leadership and Management up a level. Our new Level 4 Award will support your progression into a middle manager role and help you avoid feeling squeezed between your operational and your strategic colleagues.
Fees
This course could be FREE to you if your annual income is less than £34,000. Take a look at our fees page here
Level
Level 4
Dates
Residential Friday 20th February – Sunday 22nd February
Residential Friday 20th March – Sunday 22nd March
Please note: If you also apply and you are enrolled onto the ILM Leadership and Management Level 4 Award in May/June 2026 and you complete it successfully. and you also apply for, and are enrolled, onto this course as well, you will receive an ILM Level 4 Certificate on successful completion of both courses
or
If you have previously completed an ILM Leadership and Management Level 4 Award within the last 2 years, at Fircroft College, and you successfully apply for, and complete, this course you will receive an ILM Level 4 Certificate.
Apply for the May/June ILM Award (Level 4) here
This Award is a great opportunity for you to step away from your working life for 2 weekends and really reflect on your position and your skills as a manager.
We will cover 2 units and achieving both of these leads to the Level 4 Award:
- Understand the management role to improve management performance
- Delegating authority in the workplace
Experienced tutors who have managed themselves will use established models and tools to help you reflect. You will come away with new insights and strategies, and with a development plan to help you progress and perform. You can become a student member of the Institute of Leadership and Management with access to their professional resources for 6 months.
The areas we will cover include:
- Articulating the goals and objectives of your organisation and measuring progress towards these
- The specific responsibilities of middle managers in enabling your organisation to achieve those goals
- How interpersonal and communication skills affect managerial performance
- Strategies for managers to overcome barriers to effective communication and interpersonal skills
- The benefits of effective delegation and how it can empower others
- How to allocate and monitor work that you delegate
By the end of the end of the course you will have:
- Assessed your own knowledge, skills behaviour and the effect on your performance as a manager
- Used feedback to review how well you delegate
- Identified areas for personal development to improve your own performance
- Produced a personal development plan to improve your performance
Hear from Michael, our Vice Principal, who is also a guest lecturer for the ILM courses, why he enjoys teaching them and how they can benefit future leaders:
Awarding Body
Institute of Leadership and Management
Who is this course for?
This course is for anyone who is currently in a management role (paid or unpaid) or who has previous management experience. It is particularly suitable for those beginning or looking to take on additional responsibility as a middle manager.
Entry Requirements
- You need to be currently working in the role of a manager/supervisor/team leader. Or have previous experience of being in one of these roles and connections with an organisation you can write about.
- You will be required to demonstrate you are able to write assignments at a Level 4
- You will need a computer and internet access to carry out your independent learning that you will be required to do in between your weekends at the college
