Sync

Sync Your trusted partner for digital transformation in schools, colleges, and universities across the UK.   Who are Sync? Sync supports schools, colleges and universities across the UK, aiding in the adoption, deployment, and ongoing use of technology. This inclu...

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2025

December 2025 (including Business Leader Online Forum, ASCL Sustainability Conference, support staff pay claim, managing changes to the STPCD, Ofsted inspections so far, new support to help your school maximise value, new IT support standard for schools and colleges, schoo...

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Leadership and governance

Hot topics ASCL provides expert guidance to support school, college and trust leaders in leading organisations effectively. This page brings together advice on staff leadership, governance, recruitment, safeguarding and statutory responsibilities, helping leaders manage their ...

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TES SEND Leadership Summit

Exploring how school leaders can translate the latest government SEND & Inclusion reforms into sustainable, system-wide improvement. 9 October 2026 | 08:45 – 16:30 Business Design Centre, London The SEND Leadership Summit returns for its fifth year, delivered in part...

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A brighter future

I am in my tenth year as Headteacher of Tytherington School, a secondary, comprehensive school in Macclesfield, Cheshire. Prior to this, I served as a deputy headteacher in South Oxfordshire. Before teaching I worked for the University of Oxford as a schools outreach officer. ...

/Leader/Issues/2024-Autumn-term/A-Brighter-Future 08/10/2024 14:55:19

The Equity Approach

Debates over education’s equalising power have long been dogged by damaging false dichotomies. In 1970, the sociologist Basil Bernstein published a paper entitled ‘Education Cannot Compensate for Society’. It became the go-to reference for those painting an overly pessimistic ...

/Leader/Issues/2025-Spring-term/The-Equity-Approach 04/03/2025 15:04:09

VAT on Private School Fees: The impact so far

While the government projected increased revenue of £460 million for state schools in the 2024/25 financial year, rising to £1.7 billion by 2029/30, the cost to independent schools has been steep. This measure, introduced alongside the removal of business rate relief (alr...

/Leader/Issues/2025-Autumn-term/VAT-on-Private-School-Fees-The-impact-so-far 03/10/2025 10:27:14

Forward Together: A life shaped by education and leadership

Over 30 years, I’ve seen first-hand how education can change lives, mine included. This belief continues to shape everything I do as a teacher, leader, and advocate for a profession that remains one of the most vital pillars of our society. I began my career in 1995, teachi...

/Leader/Issues/2025-Autumn-term/Forward-Together-A-life-shaped-by-education-and-le 03/10/2025 10:14:33

Guidance

Pupil registration and attendance The DfE has updated its guidance on school attendance and registration, making it statutory for all schools and academies in England since August 2024. It sets out legal requirements for schools and academies in relation to attendance an...

/Leader/Issues/2024-Autumn-term/Guidance 08/10/2024 15:52:22

Part three | Working with vulnerable pupils (SEND and disadvantage)

Part three | Working with vulnerable pupils (SEND and disadvantage)  The material in this section is linked with the following section of the Teaching and Curriculum Excellence Content Area.   Learn how to: Learn about: Assessment Criteria: Tested in: Assess and i...

/professional-development/Events/Resources/NPQEL-cohort-4/ASCL-NPQEL4/Content-area-2-Teaching-Curriculum-Excellence/Part-three-Working-with-vulnerable-pupils 11/09/2020 11:52:05