 In 2002-03, she directed the London Leadership Centre Consortium, which managed the Transforming the School Workforce Pathfinder on behalf of the DfES (now DCSF).In 2003, she was responsible for setting up the Leadership Strategy of the London Challenge and directed the Financial Management in Schools Project.In September 2002, Pat Collarbone was seconded from the Institute of Education as Director of Leadership Development Programmes at NCSL, a post she held until December 2005.