BUILDING BLOCK 3 | ASSESSMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS   National assessments and qualifications which link seamlessly to the core curriculum and post-16 pathways. These are constructed in a way which enables all children and young people to demonstrate their knowledg...
/Microsites/ASCL-Blueprint/Home/BUILDING-BLOCK-3-ASSESSMENTS-AND-QUALIFICATIONS 10/09/2021 09:25:03
By Geoff Barton General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders   Anyone glancing at the media this week may have formed the impression that we are in the midst of a summer of industrial discontent despite the fact that this actually amounts to a sin...
/News/Blog/June-2022/Teacher-shortages-are-the-real-issue-–-not-strikes
As we approach the end of what has been a truly challenging academic year, ASCL Specialist Tom Middlehurst looks at the lessons learned and what next for the curriculum. In the autumn edition of  Leader , I made the case for why curriculum matters more than ever. I quote...
/Help-and-Advice/Curriculum-and-assessment/Teaching-and-learning/Curriculum-in-a-COVID-climate 28/06/2021 15:46:59
Latest research from the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) reveals that the education system in England is facing a renewed challenge to ensure there are enough high-quality teachers. Here, Jack Worth reveals the findings. Teacher recruitment and retentio...
/Help-and-Advice/Leadership-and-governance/Recruitment-and-Retention/Short-Lists-The-crisis-in-education-recruitment 05/04/2023 15:59:46
by Geoff Barton General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders The new Chief Inspector Sir Martyn Oliver has rapidly implemented changes during inspections to improve the focus on staff wellbeing. We welcome this. It is an important and overdue step....
/News/Blog/February-2024/Ofsted-should-champion-disadvantaged-schools-–-not
Excellence for all In making my Leader magazine debut, I first want to pay tribute to my predecessor, Robert Wilson, who retired at the end of August. Robert is respected across the sector and his relationships were pivotal to ensuring ASCL Northern Ireland’s voice was hea...
/Leader/Issues/2023-Autumn-term/ASCL-UK-Autumn-2023 09/11/2023 10:34:53
When Geoff Goodall was turned down for a job at the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (modern day BP), he asked the interviewer why he’d been overlooked. “He told me I hadn’t done anything wrong; he just didn’t think I was hard enough for the oil industry,” Geoff explained. “I aske...
/Leader/Issues/2024-Spring-term/A-lasting-legacy 26/02/2024 14:38:00
“Every year,” the association’s president told conference delegates, “figures show the appalling lack of staff in many schools.” One school, she went on, had been without a senior mathematics teacher for seven years. Another hadn’t been able to recruit a physics teacher for th...
/Leader/Issues/2024-Spring-term/ASCL-influence 26/02/2024 15:05:10
Good governance requires diversity; it’s one of the bedrocks of good decision-making says National Governance Association (NGA) Chief Executive Emma Knights. A governing board’s volunteers should share a common set of values and a vision for the school or trust, but brin...
/Help-and-Advice/Inclusion/Diversity/Everyone-on-board-Diversity-matters 20/09/2021 15:23:41
After switching from medicine to teaching to follow his passion for education, Arthur Barzey became an award-winning headteacher and now works to encourage more people from BAME backgrounds to pursue leadership roles. He talks to Julie Nightingale.   As the child of well-t...
/Help-and-Advice/Inclusion/Diversity/Serving-people,-Changing-lives 20/02/2023 16:23:16
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