School leader unions call for government action over Covid disruption

Trade unions representing most of England’s school and college leaders have written jointly to Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi calling on him to reconsider the decision to withdraw free Covid testing from pupils and staff. 

/News/Our-news-and-press-releases/School-leader-unions-call-for-government-action-ov 04/04/2022 00:00:00

Urgent action needed to address crisis in teacher pay and supply

Unions representing teachers and school leaders in England are today united in calling on the School Teachers’ Review Body to make urgent recommendations on pay, workload and conditions of service to address the critical pay issues and the recruitment and retention crisis in ...

/News/Our-news-and-press-releases/Urgent-action-needed-to-address-crisis-in-teacher 10/03/2023 00:00:00

Newly updated Burgundy Book launched for school teachers

A handbook setting out the conditions of service for school teachers in England and Wales has been updated for the first time in over two decades.

/News/Our-news-and-press-releases/Newly-updated-Burgundy-Book-launched-for-school-te 08/06/2023 00:00:00

Guidance on recordings Sept 2021

Latest guidance on recordings for NPQEL Participants from NPQonline (the assessing body) – September 2021 We have received further guidance on the requirement to have recordings which we have copied below. There is a recognition that the impact of the pandemic has affected p...

/professional-development/Events/Resources/ASCLPD-NPQEL/ASCL-NPQEL/Assessment/Guidance-on-recordings 13/09/2021 09:40:01

The evolution of business leadership

Close your eyes, take 150 steps back, one for each year of ASCL, and you will find yourself in 1874. What does it look like, what does it sound like, what does it feel like as a business leader? We know it will have been very different to the current day. A lot may have cha...

/Leader/Issues/2024-Spring-term/The-evolution-of-business-leadership 26/02/2024 15:15:14

January to March 2024

22 March 2024 Welsh translation (including IFS sliding results in Wales, job opportunity for ASCL Cymru Director, new professional development review, approval criteria for a new Made-For-Wales GCSE Integrated Science (Single Award), updated timeline for Travel and Touri...

/News/Newsletters/Cymru-News/January-to-March-2024 29/04/2024 08:18:56

Member Feedback

“I have been a member for over 10 years and I am sorry to say that I was definitely one of those people who thought that they would never need to call on the support of a union and at times I have questioned why I pay a subscription – well now I know! ​ I am so grateful f...

/Membership/Member-Feedback 22/08/2019 10:14:56

Prioritising professional development in the face of decreased spending

By Thomas Freeney , Leadership Development Manager, ASCL   Over the past decade, schools and colleges have faced a challenging landscape when it comes to investing in continuing professional development (CPD) for educators. To meet ever-tightening budgets, CPD has experie...

/News/Blog/June-2024/Prioritising-professional-development-in-the-face

Free breakfast clubs – good for everyone?

Clause 21 of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill  aims to deliver Labour’s manifesto ambition that “[schools] in England must secure that breakfast club provision is available, free of charge, for all qualifying primary pupils at the school”. The word ‘secure’ means her...

/Leader/Issues/2025-Spring-term/Free-breakfast-clubs-–-good-for-everyone 04/03/2025 15:22:45

You hold the power

A decade since they were introduced, the Gatsby Benchmarks for good careers guidance have been updated. Strong leadership will be crucial to making these updates a success. The updated benchmarks emphasise how important it is for education leaders to embed good careers guidanc...

/Leader/Issues/2025-Spring-term/You-hold-the-power 04/03/2025 10:45:13