Short Lists: The crisis in education recruitment

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

Ofsted should champion disadvantaged schools – not penalise them

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

ASCL UK - Autumn 2023

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

A lasting legacy

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

ASCL influence

“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

STRB 32nd remit

ASCL response to the Secretary of State’s Response to the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) Thirty Second Report 2022.  

/Our-view/Consultation-responses/STRB-32nd-remit 22/09/2022 00:00:00

Being Resilient

Being Resilient This bespoke consultancy offer aims to redefine individual and team resilience as being about strengthening future performance rather than coping better. The emphasis will be on providing participants with a toolkit of resilience for individuals, leaders, te...

/professional-development/Tailor-made/Being-Resilient 16/09/2020 10:23:58

Education organisations outline new commitments for action on equality, diversity and inclusion in e

Organisations working in the education sector have today (Wednesday 27 th September 2023) outlined new commitments for action demonstrating how they will play their part in improving equality, diversity and inclusion within education.

/News/Our-news-and-press-releases/Education-organisations-outline-new-commitments-fo 27/09/2023 00:00:00

ASCL comment on Ofsted annual report

Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, comments on Ofsted’s annual report .

/News/Our-news-and-press-releases/ASCL-comment-on-Ofsted-annual-report 23/11/2023 00:00:00

ASCL comment on Education Select Committee’s call for major changes to school inspections

Tom Middlehurst, Inspection Specialist at the Association of School and College Leaders, responds to a report from the Education Select Committee, which states that major changes must be made to inspections in order for Ofsted to rebuild trust

/News/Our-news-and-press-releases/ASCL-comment-on-Education-Select-Committee’s-call 29/01/2024 00:00:00