A numbers game

Research Director Jenna Julius shares the latest data on the impact of falling primary numbers on schools. The baby boom of the early 2000s created a large demographic bulge in the number of pupils in English state schools. Over the last 15 years this has meant that scho...

/Help-and-Advice/Primary-education/Primary-Accountability/A-numbers-game 01/08/2023 11:02:24

Part one | Staff supply, recruitment and retention, CPD strategies and Talent Management

Part one | Staff supply, recruitment and retention, CPD strategies and Talent Management  The material in this section is linked with the following section of the Increasing Capability Content Area    NPQEL (Leading several schools) Learn how to: Learn about:...

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Part four | Leading across several institutions

Part four | Leading across several institutions Introduction The way that the curriculum areas and assessment objectives are set out by the DfE for the NPQEL qualification compartmentalises the key aspects of the executive leader role. In reality one of the key attributes...

/professional-development/Events/Resources/NPQEL-cohort-4/ASCL-NPQEL4/Content-area-3-Leading-with-Impact/Part-four-Leading-across-several-institutions 07/06/2021 08:43:39

Breakfast clubs in primary schools: a no-brainer?

By Annette Montague, Chief Education Officer, Greenwood Academies Trust What’s not to like? Of course, all parents will be attracted to the principle of having childcare available at their child’s school.  If you stop anyone in the street and ask, ‘Do you think having free ...

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Sense and Accountability

Final report of the ASCL Primary Accountability Review Many of the negative effects of assessment are in fact caused by the use of results in the accountability system rather than the assessment system itself. So stated the Education Select Committee in its hard-hittin...

/Help-and-Advice/Primary-education/Primary-Accountability/Sense-and-Accountability 17/02/2020 08:50:38

Navigating alternative provision for primary pupils

By Amy Husband, Head of School Academic, Academy21 Alternative provision (AP) is a multifaceted educational approach designed to support pupils with additional needs. It includes off-site provision, outreach work, internal alternative settings, and online learning. Despit...

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D is for dividend: how should we structure the sector to better improve outcomes?

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John Camp

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ASCL comment on Education Secretary’s plans for new school-based nurseries

Pepe Di’Iasio, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, comments on Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson’s speech to the Labour Party Conference, where she announced that new school-based nurseries will start opening next year.

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Ethical Leadership into a Better Future

/Microsites/Annual-Conference/Programme-(2)/Saturday-12-20pm-sessions/Ethical-Leadership-into-a-Better-Future 09/03/2024 12:06:31