As the old proverb says: ‘ A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner ’. Well, proverb-writer, you can say that again. For many school and college leaders, the seas around us have rarely felt less smooth or choppier. Whether it’s the unnerving start-of-term reinforced autoc...
/Leader/Issues/2023-Autumn-term/End-child-poverty 08/11/2023 11:49:53
In May 2019, the DfE published the  Academies Better Financial Reporting Programme paper .  Here, ASCL Specialists Hayley Dunn and Julia Harnden outline the programme’s progress. The paper set out a strategy to improve the end-to-end process for financial reporting by a...
/Help-and-Advice/Business-leadership/Financial-regulations-and-returns/Better-financial-reporting 29/06/2021 10:02:26
By Gemma Hathaway, Senior leader and EDI Trust Lead for Blue Coat School , Coventry, part of the Inspire Education Trust In education today, the urgency for a strategic and trust-wide approach to equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) has never been clearer. Recent data...
/News/Blog/November-2024/Empowering-Inclusive-Education-Trust-wide-EDI-init
by Margaret Mulholland , ASCL SEND and Inclusion Specialist In an era of increasing pressure on education budgets, evolving policy frameworks, and a growing demand for specialist support, the Tes SEND Show returns this October with renewed purpose: to empower, inspire an...
/News/Blog/July-2025/Driving-Strategic-Change-A-closer-look-at-the-SEND
As the education landscape continues to shift, ASCL remains at the forefront, championing the voice of school and college leaders, influencing policy, and driving change that matters. From pay settlements to inspection reform, our policy team is working tirelessly to ensure th...
/Leader/Issues/2025-Autumn-term/Shaping-the-Future-of-Education-ASCL’s-policy-work 03/10/2025 14:57:39
ASCL’s LGBT Leaders’ Network is launching at a positive moment for equality, diversity and inclusion campaigners but there is much work still to do, says Rich Atterton. It was the year that Rick Astley declared he was never gonna give you up, league champions Liverpool we...
/Help-and-Advice/Inclusion/Diversity/Flying-the-flag 14/07/2021 16:29:51
The following information has been provided to us by the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and the Department for Education (DfE).   This information is correct as of 28 July 2022 but may change.   Gazprom Energy UK continues to trade, a...
/Help-and-Advice/Business-leadership/Business-Operations/Gazprom-Energy-UK-(July-2022) 28/07/2022 13:58:38
With the policy on defunding BTECs causing such confusion and controversy, Kevin Gilmartin clarifies the situation around the immediate future of Level 3 vocational qualifications in the sixth form. In April 2022, Nadhim Zahawi, the then education minister, wrote to the ...
/Help-and-Advice/Post-16/Curriculum/Bonfire-of-BTECs 01/08/2023 11:57:49
Make magic happen Since April, we have a new Cabinet Secretary for Education in Wales – Lynne Neagle. We certainly welcome her to this new post and know that she’ll have a daunting portfolio to deal with. There are challenges in the system and that’s for sure.   So, if ...
/Leader/Issues/2024-Summer-term/ASCL-UK-Summer-2024 03/06/2024 11:57:36
Within hours, it seemed, of Michael Gove becoming Education Secretary in May 2010, maintenance staff were up ladders at what had been the Department for Children, Schools and Families, taking down the rainbows (remember them?) and replacing them with the Conservative governmen...
/Leader/Issues/2024-Autumn-term/ASCL-influence 08/10/2024 16:39:59
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