Back to school

Tell us about your role I’m privileged to be Headteacher at Kingsthorpe College in Northamptonshire, a mixed comprehensive school with just over 1,400 students.   Why did you decide to become an ASCL Council member? I’m the Vice Chair of the Leadership and Governance...

/Leader/Issues/2023-Autumn-term/Back-to-school 09/11/2023 17:53:03

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

2019/2020 IWPRB Consultations and Pay Awards

2019/2020 IWPRB Consultations and Pay Awards ASCL response to the IWPRB 1st Report 13 September 2019 Our response to the consultation on the IWPRB 1st Report and the Government’s response has been submitted.  We acknowledged and welcomed the Minister’s decision t...

/Membership/ASCL-UK/ASCL-Cymru/Help-and-advice-for-members-in-Cymru/2019-2020-IWPRB-Consultations-and-Pay-Awards 16/08/2019 08:47:02

The rise of online AP is about more than just capacity

by Alessandro Capozzi, Executive Headteacher,  Academy21  Capacity is an increasingly common theme in conversations about alternative provision (AP), and rightly so. We know that systemic factors such as limited capacity in children’s mental health services and high rat...

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New resits rules

In 2014, the government introduced  the condition of funding, which meant that schools and colleges with 16–19 year-olds without a grade 4 in English and maths (approximately a third of all Year 11 students) would lose their entire student funding unless they enrolled the stu...

/Leader/Issues/2024-Summer-term/New-resits-rules 31/05/2024 16:20:36

Business leaders’ pay

At the end of 2023, ASCL undertook a member pay survey of business leaders. As there is no national framework for business leaders in place, there is a huge disparity in business leaders’ pay. It was important to us to get an accurate, up-to-date picture from members. Ala...

/Leader/Issues/2024-Summer-term/Business-leaders’-pay 03/06/2024 11:39:47

Innovative approaches to finance | Dylan Thomas Community School

/Membership/ASCL-UK/ASCL-Cymru/Shared-practice-ASCL-Cymru-members/Innovative-approaches-to-finance-Dylan-Thomas-Comm 27/01/2025 12:20:16

ASCL influence

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

ASCL UK

Leading together The return of Stormont has, perhaps somewhat surprisingly, brought with it a degree of stability and a platform for education to move forward in Northern Ireland. The pay deal and workload agreement unlocked the stalemate of industrial action, which in tu...

/Leader/Issues/2024-Autumn-term/ASCL-UK-Autumn-2024 08/10/2024 16:30:39

FE FI FO FUND

The Skills and Post-16 Education Act 2022 promised a new dawn for the UK's skills sector, with the government pledging to prioritise skills development and reshape the further education (FE) landscape. Two years on, however, the reality on the ground tells a different story. D...

/Leader/Issues/2024-Autumn-term/FE-FI-FO-FUND 08/10/2024 15:21:55