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Brewing crisis in education can only be solved if Gillian Keegan reopens talks with unions
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ASCL launches #VoteForEducation ballot
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Education unions call on government to publish pay recommendation
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Education coalition to stage ‘save our schools’ lobby of parliament
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What a rogue reading paper tells us about the problem with SATs
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If even Ofsted is highlighting workload the government must surely act
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ASCL responds to Education Policy Institute’s report on post-pandemic learning loss
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Ofsted
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What we need to know is why behaviour is a significant issue
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Unions to announce they will co-ordinate industrial action going forward
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ASCL NI comment on Stormont budget
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Northern Ireland
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School Cuts
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Education system
ASCL NI comment ahead of strike action
Government
Northern Ireland
Industrial action
Why a national strike is the only option left
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Government
DfE
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ASCL responds to HMCI statement on calls for Ofsted reform
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Ofsted
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Education system
ASCL comment on National Tutoring Programme statistics
DfE
Education system
National Tutoring Programme
ASCL to hold formal strike ballot
Teaching
Education system
Industrial action
England
Using video content safely in the classroom
Curriculum
Primary
Safeguarding
Workload
Digital
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Universal free school meals: idealism or the way forward?
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Inclusion
Free school meals
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Blog
ASCL comment on Prime Minister’s reaffirmation of maths to 18
Funding
Curriculum
Post-16
ASCL comment on Working lives of teachers and leaders report
Teaching
STRB
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Improving diversity and inclusion in STEM
Curriculum
Blog
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ASCL members overwhelmingly reject government’s pay and conditions offer
Pay
Funding
Recruitment and Retention
Industrial action
Gillian Keegan’s insistence that schools can afford the pay offer cannot alter reality
Pay
Funding
DfE
Blog
ASCL comment on rising school vacancies
Employment
Teaching
Primary
Recruitment and Retention
Flexible working
Careers
Secondary
Education system
ASCL responds to review of RSHE guidance
Teaching
RSE
Government
ASCL comment on IFS report on falling college teacher pay
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Post-16
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Key Stage 3
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Income
T Levels
Careers
HE
ASCL responds to More Than A Score surveys on SATs
Assessment
Key Stage 1
Key Stage 2
Literacy
Grading
Education system
SATs
ASCL comment on defunding of further vocational qualifications
Funding
Post-16
Key Stage 3
T Levels
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ASCL comment on IFS report on free school meals
Funding
Government
Free school meals
School meals
ASCL comment on funding for school buildings and places
Funding
School Improvement
DfE
ASCL comment on government pay offer
Pay
Funding
Recruitment and Retention
Government
Ruth Perry’s death is a watershed moment that must not happen again
Accountability
Inspection
Ofsted
Blog
ASCL responds to Chief Inspector’s statement on death of Ruth Perry
ASCL response to NFER report on school workforce crisis
Teaching
Recruitment and Retention
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ASCL comment on submission of evidence to the STRB
Pay
Recruitment and Retention
STRB
ASCL calls for pause to Ofsted inspections following death of Ruth Perry
Health and Wellbeing
Inspection
Ofsted
ASCL calls for rethink on cull of BTECs
Assessment
Post-16
BTEC
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College
FE
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Joint statement from the government and education unions to move into intensive talks
Pay
Funding
Workload
DfE
ASCL comment on Spring Budget 2023
Pay
Recruitment and Retention
Government
DfE
Education system
Spending Review
England
ASCL comment on meeting with Gillian Keegan
Pay
Recruitment and Retention
Government
Industrial action
England
ASCL comment on Labour plans to reform Ofsted
ASCL General Secretary calls on Gillian Keegan to stop ‘trading fatuous soundbites’
Leadership
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Government
DfE
ASCL General Secretary speech to Annual Conference 2023
Leadership
Funding
Recruitment and Retention
Government
DfE
ASCL President condemns government for ‘deplorable’ state of children’s support services
Funding
Health and Wellbeing
Health and safety
Government
ASCL President's speech to ASCL Annual Conference 2023
Urgent action needed to address crisis in teacher pay and supply
Pay
Funding
Teaching
Recruitment and Retention
STRB
ASCL comment on delay to return of SATs results
Key Stage 2
SATs
ASCL comment on Sutton Trust report on private and in-school tutoring
Education system
Disadvantage Gap
Tutoring
National Tutoring Programme
ASCL comment on new standards for equal access to sports
Funding
Teaching
Curriculum
Attempt to break deadlock in industrial action dispute ignored, say education unions
Pay
Funding
DfE
Industrial action
Williamson’s WhatsApp defence is just more tribal politics
Government
Coronavirus
DfE
Blog
Education Secretary turns down invitation to speak to school and college leaders
Pay
Funding
Recruitment and Retention
Professional Development
DfE
Industrial action
ASCL comment ahead of publication of SEND and AP Improvement Plan
SEND
360 headteachers and principals ask for a delay to planned cull of BTEC courses
Post-16
Examinations
BTEC
HE
Post-18
College
FE
Qualifications
ASCL comment on messages between Matt Hancock and Gavin Williamson
Health and safety
Government
Coronavirus
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ASCL comment on secondary school offer day
Ofsted
Transitions
Parents
Secondary
What Labour will need to do to raise education standards
Leadership
Funding
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Strategy
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Broadening horizons: how can we help young people make better decisions about their future learning and careers?
Post-16
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Post-18
College
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ASCL comment on the Government’s submission to the STRB
Pay
Recruitment and Retention
STRB
DfE
ASCL comment on further talks with the Department for Education
Conditions
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ASCL NI comment ahead of half-day strike
Pay
Recruitment and Retention
Government
Northern Ireland
Education system
Industrial action
The government is taking a wrecking ball to 16-19 education by scrapping BTECs
Post-16
Examinations
BTEC
Post-18
College
Apprenticeships
FE
Qualifications
DfE
Blog
VTQs
ASCL comment on latest talks with Gillian Keegan
Pay
Funding
Recruitment and Retention
Government
DfE
Industrial action
Wales leads the way in resolving strike action
Conditions
Pay
Funding
Recruitment and Retention
Government
DfE
Blog
ASCL Cymru response to improved teacher pay offer
Pay
Funding
Cymru
Wales
Recruitment and Retention
ASCL comment on State of the Nation report
Health and Wellbeing
Examinations
Mental Health
ASCL comment on plans to advertise apprenticeships through UCAS
Post-16
Careers
UCAS
College
Apprenticeships
ASCL NI calls for fair and fully funded pay award to end industrial dispute
Pay
Northern Ireland
Industrial action
Arguments about wages and inflation are spiralling out of control
Pay
Government
Blog
ASCL comment on Children’s Social Care Implementation Strategy
Inclusion
SEND
Early years
Education system
ASCL comment on NAO report on education recovery in schools in England
Budget
Education recovery
Education system
Disadvantage Gap
National Tutoring Programme
Snapshot survey suggests majority of schools affected by teacher strike
Teaching
Industrial action
ASCL comment on last-ditch strike talks
Recruitment and Retention
Government
Industrial action
School leaders are stuck in the middle as strike action looms
Leadership
Pay
Blog
Industrial action
ASCL comment on Chancellor’s speech
Pay
Recruitment and Retention
Education system
Energy costs
ASCL comment on JRF annual poverty report
Free school meals
School meals
Education system
Energy costs
ASCL comment on NFER report on the transition to an all-MAT system
Recruitment and Retention
MAT
Policy
Schools Bill
ASCL comment on Ofsted inspections during industrial action
Ofsted
Industrial action
Strikes need a lot more votes than Conservative leadership elections
Pay
Legislation
Blog
Industrial action
ASCL calls for end to overall graded judgements in new paper on the future of inspection
Inspection
Ofsted
ASCL comment on Friday’s talks with DfE officials
Pay
Funding
Recruitment and Retention
DfE
Industrial action
ASCL Cymru comment on reintroduction of Capped 9 school performance measure in Wales
Cymru
GCSE
Performance measures
ASCL comment on latest talks with Education Secretary
Conditions
Pay
Funding
Recruitment and Retention
DfE
Industrial action
Perpetual under investment in the school estate has left a crumbling legacy
Funding
Business Leadership
Health and safety
Estates
Blog
Climate change
ASCL comment on IFS report on teacher pay
Conditions
Pay
Funding
Recruitment and Retention
ASCL comment on talks with Education Secretary
Pay
Funding
Recruitment and Retention
Rishi Sunak’s maths-to-18 pledge is utterly out of touch
Leadership
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Post-16
Recruitment and Retention
Government
Blog
Results of ASCL consultative ballot on industrial action in England
Pay
Industrial action
England
Results of ASCL consultative ballot on industrial action in Wales
Pay
Wales
Industrial action
ASCL comment on Prime Minister’s ambition of maths to 18
Curriculum
Post-16
Education system
ASCL comment on Prime Minister’s New Year speech
Teaching
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Post-16
Key Stage 4
ASCL comment on new school buildings
Funding
Budget
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ASCL comment on EPI report on the disadvantage gap
Funding
EPI
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ASCL comment on National Tutoring Programme performance statistics
Funding
National Tutoring Programme
ASCL comment on reviews into delayed VTQ results
Assessment
Post-16
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Ofqual
VTQs
Pensions: What just happened?
Pensions
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ASCL comment on Ofsted’s annual report
Funding
Teaching
Recruitment and Retention
Ofsted
School Cuts
Leaders Like Us
Leadership
Inclusion
Diversity
Blog
EDI
ASCL comment on IFS report on education funding
Funding
Finance
Government
Education system
ASCL NI president writes to Secretary of State to express dismay over education funding
Pay
Funding
Northern Ireland
Energy costs
School Cuts
Goodbye and good riddance to (most of) the Schools Bill
Leadership
Funding
Government
DfE
Blog
Are you busy, burnt out - or both?
Leadership
Workload
Blog
ASCL Cymru president sounds warning over school funding crisis
Funding
Cymru
Wales
Legislation
School Cuts
ASCL comment on scrapping of Schools Bill
MAT
Government
Schools Bill
ASCL comment on £500m for energy efficiency upgrades
Funding
Business Leadership
Resources
Energy costs
Creating a Cohesive Trust: Survey results and findings
Governance
MAT
Strategy
Blog
Minsters and their behaviour adviser should listen to Izzy
Teaching
Curriculum
Assessment
Examinations
Blog
ONS Review of College Classification: Where does this leave post-16 education?
Funding
Post-16
Legislation
Government
College
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10 things we now know about Ofqual-regulated exams next summer
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Key Stage 4
GCSE
A Levels
AS Levels
BTEC
Blog
SATs
VTQs
Ofsted’s shifting goalposts have hung schools out to dry
Inspection
Ofsted
Blog
Is the Autumn Statement a new dawn for education?
Funding
Government
DfE
Blog
The 'Messy Middle Tier': Part 2
Leadership
Government
Strategy
Education system
Blog
The 'Messy Middle Tier': Part 1
Leadership
Governance
Curriculum
Inspection
Strategy
Education system
Blog
School Cuts website relaunched amidst deepening funding crisis
Funding
Finance
Parents
Resources
Government
School Cuts
Can the National Tutoring Programme survive the funding crisis?
Funding
Resources
Education recovery
DfE
Blog
Education matters to ASCL members - it should matter to politicians too
Leadership
Funding
Professional Standards
Government
Blog
ASCL comment on school performance tables
Assessment
Data
Examinations
Key Stage 4
Performance Tables
Secondary
Education recovery
Education leaders from 24,000 schools demand Government action on school meals
Budget Crisis: Six suggestions to help reduce annual spend
Funding
Financial planning
Finance
Resources
Blog
ASCL comment on National Tutoring Programme evaluation findings
Funding
Teaching
Learning
Education recovery
National Tutoring Programme
Extending the school day is an interesting talking point – but that’s it for now
Teaching
DfE
Strategy
Blog
Schools Bill
Cyber Security Update: Protect your organisation against cyber attacks
Business Leadership
Data
Risk assessment
Cyber security
Blog
ASCL comment on pupil attendance statistics
Health and Wellbeing
Data
Health and safety
Coronavirus
Attendance
Risk assessment
ASCL comment on IFS analysis of likely public sector job cuts
Employment
Pay
Funding
Government
Twelve education and parent organisations warn of looming funding crisis
Funding
Finance
Resources
Government
DfE
ASCL expresses dismay at Education Secretary’s Conservative party conference speech
Leadership
Funding
Government
DfE
Education is in limbo amidst the political tumult
Leadership
Funding
Government
DfE
Blog
ASCL comment on Labour’s plan for breakfast clubs
Funding
Inclusion
Health and Wellbeing
Primary
Key Stage 1
Key Stage 2
Free school meals
This is no phoney war, we must fight for fairer funding
Leadership
Funding
Government
DfE
Strategy
Blog
ASCL response to UCAS figures on university entries
UCAS
HE
University
Social Mobility
ASCL responds to energy bill relief scheme
Funding
Business Leadership
Financial planning
Finance
Government
Energy costs
ASCL pays tribute to the Queen and a lifetime of service
ASCL comment on government attendance drive
Leadership
Funding
Attendance
DfE
Strategy
Asbestos inspections in schools, colleges and trusts
Conditions
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Health and safety
Risk assessment
DfE
Blog
Post-16 Results: Let’s forget the scaremongering and celebrate the achievements of students and staff
Post-16
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AS Levels
BTEC
Ofqual
UCAS
HE
University
College
FE
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Blog
Conservative leadership contest misses the big issues in education
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Government
DfE
Blog
ASCL response to IFS analysis of inflation squeeze on public services
ASCL response to teachers’ pay award
The end is nigh
Leadership
Health and Wellbeing
Career Progression
Professional Development
Blog
Pay: A race for the bottom
Conditions
Pay
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Recruitment and Retention
STRB
STPCD
DfE
Blog
Education unions write to new education minister Andrea Jenkyns expressing their 'grave concern' over swearing incident
Professional Standards
Government
Behaviour
Farcical week shows education needs a long-term vision
Leadership
Government
DfE
Strategy
Blog
ASCL survey shows teacher shortages at crisis point
Pay
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Recruitment and Retention
STRB
The Transition Conversation: Top 10 tips for a smooth transition
Curriculum
Primary
Data
Key Stage 2
Transitions
Key Stage 3
Blog
Schools Bill U-turn is another fine mess
Leadership
Governance
MAT
Government
DfE
Blog
ASCL comment on UCAS report about the educational experience of disabled students
Funding
Inclusion
Post-16
Health and safety
Disability
UCAS
College
FE
Creating a Cohesive Trust: Making sure all schools benefit from being in a MAT
Leadership
Governance
Governors and Trustees
MAT
Trusts
Organisational culture
Blog
ASCL comment on Schools Bill U-turn
Funding
Legislation
Government
DfE
Schools Bill
Teacher shortages are the real issue – not strikes
Leadership
Pay
Teaching
Recruitment and Retention
DfE
Blog
Industrial action
ASCL comment on school place applications and offers
Data
DfE
Admissions
ASCL response to NFER report on teacher pay proposals
Pay
Funding
Teaching
Recruitment and Retention
STRB
One Voice? Many Languages! The value of multilingualism in our modern world (Part 2)
Inclusion
Teaching
Curriculum
MFL
Diversity
Blog
One Voice? Many Languages! The value of multilingualism in our modern world (Part 1)
Inclusion
Teaching
Learning
Curriculum
MFL
Diversity
Blog
Is a centralised education system the government’s real priority?
Leadership
Funding
Governance
Recruitment and Retention
Accountability
Inspection
MAT
Blog
ASCL Cymru comment on Estyn’s focus on equity
Funding
Wales
Accountability
ESTYN
Curriculum for Wales, what’s the point?
Leadership
Funding
Cymru
Wales
Accountability
Curriculum
Blog
ASCL NI calls for quick resolution to industrial dispute
Pay
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Northern Ireland
ASCL responds to government food strategy
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Government
Free school meals
Independent schools and Labour’s plan to end tax exemptions
Leadership
Independent
Policy
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Blog
ASCL comment on rise in pupils eligible for free school meals
Funding
Free school meals
DfE
School meals
ASCL supports Food Foundation call for extension of free school meals provision
Funding
Health and Wellbeing
Primary
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Pupil Premium
Free school meals
School meals
Education and Union leaders representing a million teachers and education specialists demand action on free school meals
Funding
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Health and Wellbeing
Primary
Parents
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The Schools Bill: Should we be worried?
Leadership
Governance
Regulations
Legislation
DfE
Blog
ASCL comment on government’s teacher training announcement
Leadership
Teaching
Recruitment and Retention
Early Career Framework
Training
A Brief Introduction to Physical Literacy
Curriculum
Health and Wellbeing
Primary
Mental Health
Early years
Blog
ASCL response to government’s full academisation plans
Governance
Governors and Trustees
MAT
Policy
DfE
Strategy
Governance of the Future: Getting your MAT board ready
Leadership
Governance
Governors and Trustees
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Strategy
Organisational culture
Blog
ASCL comment on overhaul of children’s social care
Funding
Pastoral
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Health and safety
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Ofsted, trusts and the shape of things to come
Accountability
Inspection
Ofsted
Blog
ASCL comment on NFER study into ethnic disparities in teacher career progression
Leadership
Recruitment and Retention
Professional Development
Diversity
Careers
NQTs
Early Career Framework
Student anxiety has emerged as the biggest challenge of exams season
Funding
Assessment
Examinations
Mental Health
Government
DfE
Blog
ASCL comment on measures in new Schools Bill
Leadership
Government
Policy
DfE
Strategy
ASCL comment on Schools Bill in Queen’s Speech
Funding
Legislation
Government
GCSEs must be reformed for the sake of pupils’ mental health
Assessment
Examinations
Key Stage 4
GCSE
Mental Health
Ofqual
Qualifications
Blog
ASCL Cymru comment on Welsh government’s relaxation of Covid measures in schools
Cymru
Wales
Health and safety
Coronavirus
Attendance
Risk assessment
ASCL response to government plan to publish data on NTP take-up
Funding
Government
Coronavirus
Education recovery
National Tutoring Programme
ASCL Cymru comment on Estyn’s publication of peer-on-peer sexual harassment leaflet
Cymru
Wales
Safeguarding
ESTYN
Sexual harassment
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ASCL comment on Ofsted’s publication of its 5-year strategy
Accountability
Inspection
Ofsted
Leaders and teachers have acted while government has served up only platitudes
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Coronavirus
Attendance
Education recovery
DfE
Blog
Staff absence
ASCL comment on guidance on summer exams and Covid-19
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Examinations
GCSE
A Levels
AS Levels
Ofqual
Coronavirus
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ASCL comment on Labour claim that school energy bills doubled last year
Funding
Business Leadership
Budget
Finance
Resources
Energy costs
ASCL comment on school attendance figures
Health and safety
Coronavirus
Attendance
Risk assessment
School leader unions call for government action over Covid disruption
Health and safety
Coronavirus
Attendance
Risk assessment
DfE
Living with Covid and Exams: More questions than answers
Assessment
Post-16
Health and safety
Examinations
GCSE
A Levels
AS Levels
BTEC
Ofqual
Coronavirus
Risk assessment
Blog
The government must stop taking school and college leaders for granted
Leadership
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Government
Education recovery
DfE
Strategy
Education system
Blog
Learning Without Artificial Walls: Stage not age
Inclusion
Teaching
Curriculum
Primary
Key Stage 1
Key Stage 2
Intervention
Blog
ASCL Cymru comment on extending free school meal provision to all primary school pupils by 2024
Inclusion
Cymru
Wales
Primary
Free school meals
ASCL comment on SEND green paper
SEND
Government
DfE
Creating a Cohesive Trust: What does having a shared culture really mean?
Leadership
Governance
MAT
Collaboration
Strategy
Blog
ASCL comment on schools white paper
Leadership
Parents
Collaboration
Literacy
Government
Policy
DfE
ASCL responds to EPI report on pandemic learning loss during the first half of the 2021 autumn term
Leadership
Teaching
Coronavirus
Attendance
Education recovery
The white paper, academisation and a tidying-up exercise
Governance
MAT
Government
DfE
Blog
ASCL comment on spring statement
Funding
Budget
Finance
Government
ASCL Cymru comment on school attendance figures
Funding
Cymru
Wales
Health and safety
Attendance
Risk assessment
Strategy
ASCL comment on school attendance figures
Health and Wellbeing
Data
Coronavirus
Attendance
Risk assessment
Chancellor must act to avert a new education funding crisis
Funding
Recruitment and Retention
Financial planning
Forecast
Finance
Resources
Government
DfE
Blog
School Transition: Simplifying the process
Primary
Data
Key Stage 2
Transitions
Key Stage 3
Secondary
ASCL General Secretary speech to Annual Conference 2022
Leadership
ASCL
ASCL President’s speech to ASCL Annual Conference
Leadership
ASCL
“Arts and creativity are at the core of what we do”
Leadership
Learning
Curriculum
Mental Health
Blog
Closing the disadvantage gap
Premier Partner
Post-16
Careers
UCAS
University
Post-18
Blog
ASCL comment on school attendance figures
Leadership
Data
Health and safety
Coronavirus
Attendance
ASCL Cymru summary of pay award evidence presented to the IWPRB
Conditions
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Cymru
Wales
A cause for hope
Leadership
Government
Blueprint
Blog
Forgotten Third
Education unions call on the Government to repair damage to teacher and school leader pay
Conditions
Employment
Pay
STRB
ASCL comment on plans to reform post-16 level 2 qualifications
Assessment
Post-16
Qualifications
Online Safety: Responding to ongoing concerns affecting schools and colleges
Health and Wellbeing
Health and safety
Safeguarding
Parents
Mental Health
RSE
Digital
Everyone's Invited
Sexual harassment
Sexual violence
Blog
TikTok
ASCL comment on government announcement on post-qualifications admissions
Assessment
Post-16
Examinations
A Levels
BTEC
HE
University
Post-18
College
FE
Qualifications
Which engine type is the most efficient?
Benefits
Blog
Climate change
ASCL comment on school attendance figures
Leadership
Health and safety
Coronavirus
Attendance
Risk assessment
ASCL comment on government announcement of end to Covid self-isolation and testing rules
Health and safety
Government
Coronavirus
Risk assessment
ASCL comment on vaccinations for 5 to 11-year-olds
Primary
Key Stage 1
Key Stage 2
Health and safety
Government
Coronavirus
Risk assessment
Why it’s politic to teach our young people politics
Leadership
Curriculum
Government
Blog
ASCL comment on government’s aim to strengthen Online Safety Bill
Safeguarding
Social Media
RSE
Digital
Everyone's Invited
Sexual harassment
ASCL comment on school attendance figures
Coronavirus
Attendance
Risk assessment
ASCL comment on universities working more closely with schools to improve exam results
Post-16
A Levels
AS Levels
UCAS
University
College
FE
ASCL comment on Ofsted report into student attendance levels in schools
Funding
Teaching
Ofsted
Safeguarding
Attendance
ASCL comment on the release of exam adaptation information
Curriculum
Assessment
Examinations
GCSE
A Levels
AS Levels
Ofqual
Coronavirus
Levelling Up: Now we know what it means - lots of stuff but little substance
Funding
Government
DfE
Blog
ASCL Cymru comment on school attendance figures
Cymru
Government
Attendance
Education recovery
ASCL comment on government’s levelling up white paper
Leadership
Funding
Post-16
Finance
Government
Early years
Policy
DfE
ASCL Cymru comment on Education Minister’s announcement of reduced Covid measures in schools
Leadership
Cymru
Wales
Business Leadership
Coronavirus
Risk assessment
Strategy
ASCL comment on government announcement on easing of Covid restrictions in schools
Health and safety
Government
Coronavirus
Risk assessment
ASCL comment on government decision on reform of Modern Foreign Languages GCSEs
Teaching
Curriculum
Assessment
MFL
Key Stage 4
GCSE
ASCL comment on school attendance figures
Leadership
Health and safety
Coronavirus
Attendance
Risk assessment
ASCL comment on reintroduction of face coverings in classrooms
Post-16
Health and safety
Coronavirus
Secondary
Risk assessment
Face coverings
Unions call for more government support in spring term
Leadership
Health and safety
Planning
Government
Coronavirus
Policy
Risk assessment
Face coverings
DfE
ASCL comment on school attendance figures
Data
Health and safety
Coronavirus
Attendance
Risk assessment
ASCL comment on Ofsted inspection results
Accountability
Inspection
Ofsted
Coronavirus
ASCL responds to Labour warning over ventilation in schools
Health and safety
Coronavirus
Risk assessment
Carbon dioxide monitors
ASCL responds to select committee report on children’s mental health
Funding
Learning
Pastoral
Health and Wellbeing
Resources
Mental Health
Government
ASCL comment on the initial teacher training census
Employment
Pay
Recruitment and Retention
Career Progression
Early Career Framework
Training
New report shows gender pay gap in schools has worsened over the last decade
Pay
Pensions
Recruitment and Retention
Career Progression
STRB
STPCD
Governors and Trustees
Professional Development
ASCL comment on reopening of Covid workforce fund
Leadership
Funding
Teaching
Health and safety
Resources
Coronavirus
ASCL comment on school attendance statistics
Health and safety
Planning
Coronavirus
Attendance
Risk assessment
Vaccination
Face coverings
ASCL comment on second Covid vaccine dose for 12 to 15-year-olds
Health and safety
Coronavirus
Secondary
Risk assessment
Vaccination
ASCL comment on new measures in response to Omicron variant
Health and safety
Coronavirus
Risk assessment
Face coverings
ASCL comment on plans for on-site Covid tests in schools
Health and safety
Coronavirus
Risk assessment
DfE
ASCL comment on Teacher Wellbeing Index 2021
Leadership
Conditions
Health and Wellbeing
Workload
Mental Health
ASCL Cymru comment on revised curriculum
Leadership
Learning
Curriculum
Cymru
Wales
Curriculum
ASCL comment on SRMA pilot programme
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