April - May 2025

23 May 2025 Welsh translation (including ASCL Cymru Executive, Council and AGM, Behaviour summit survey of education providers and support staff, Education Wales blog, ASCL Cymru groups on leading in areas of poverty and Estyn headteachers' group, Business Leader Roadsh...

/News/Newsletters/Cymru-News/April-May-2025 03/09/2025 10:09:34

Keeping children safe in education 2025

The new Keeping children safe in education 2025 (KCSIE 2025) guidance includes several key changes and updates from the September 2024 version, (outlined in the table in Annex F of the document). It comes into force in September 2025.  These changes primarily focus on ref...

/Help-and-Advice/Leadership-and-governance/Health-safety-and-safeguarding/Keeping-children-safe-in-education-2025 10/07/2025 20:25:40

Essential support for You

There are countless reasons why education leaders across the UK choose to join ASCL as their trade union. Yet, one sentiment rises to the top: it’s the unparalleled quality of individual support that ASCL offers to its members. At the core of our mission is a commitment to sta...

/Leader/Issues/2025-Autumn-term/Essential-Support-for-You 03/10/2025 11:12:03

Smiles all round

Tell us about your role This is my 17th year as headteacher of Limehurst Academy, an 11–16 school in the heart of Loughborough town centre in Leicestershire. It’s a great school with lots of cultural diversity, and it’s also a happy and successful school, despite having a ...

/Leader/Issues/2025-Autumn-term/Smiles-all-around 03/10/2025 13:59:05

Could your students represent Great Britain in the Olympic Esports Games?

by the British Esports Federation What started out in bedrooms and halls full of computers has gone on to become a billion-dollar industry. Esports (or electronic sports) is the act of playing video games competitively to spectators, either online or in-person. For ...

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GO 4 Schools

GO 4 Schools ASCL Premier Partner for Management Information Systems (MIS) The team at GO 4 Schools is proud to be an ASCL Premier Partner. For over a decade, we have worked closely with ASCL to ensure that current education policy is translated into software that ge...

/Microsites/ASCL-Partners/Benefits-for-your-organisation/GO-4-Schools-(1) 16/01/2026 14:27:42

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

Ofsted inspection complaints

Following a consultation last autumn, Ofsted published a new complaints process in April 2024, which reflected many of the recommendations we made during the consultation. We cautiously welcomed it. To be clear, this is the process of complaining about an inspection, not paren...

/Leader/Issues/2024-Summer-term/Ofsted-inspection-complaints 31/05/2024 16:33:34

Essential support for you

There are countless reasons why educational leaders across the UK choose to join ASCL as their trade union. Yet, one sentiment rises to the top: it’s the unparalleled quality of individual support that ASCL offers to its members. At the core of our mission is a commitment to s...

/Leader/Issues/2024-Autumn-term/Essential-Support-for-You 08/10/2024 16:25:59

Effective wellbeing practices

The education sector faces unique challenges that heavily impact the wellbeing of school and college staff. ASCL partner, Education Mutual , has been at the forefront of tackling these issues, with initiatives like the School Business Leader (SBL) Wellbeing Index and comprehe...

/Leader/Issues/2025-Spring-term/Effective-wellbeing-practices 04/03/2025 15:29:45