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...

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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...

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BUILDING BLOCK 3 | ASSESSMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS

BUILDING BLOCK 3 | ASSESSMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS   National assessments and qualifications which link seamlessly to the core curriculum and post-16 pathways. These are constructed in a way which enables all children and young people to demonstrate their knowledg...

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Leading School Improvement: Supporting vulnerable learners to achieve, working in partnership with V

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We’re All Leaders of Language: A whole-school approach to EAL

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Who can join

We also welcome colleagues who have whole-school, college or cross-trust responsibilities, such as SENDCOs, ALNCOs in Wales, HR managers, and trust curriculum leaders.  And we welcome those working at a senior level in other education organisations, such as education chariti...

/Membership/Join-us/Who-can-join 12/06/2019 16:28:05

The Forgotten Third

The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) launched an independent Commission of Inquiry in October 2018 to look into how to improve the prospects of what we have called ‘the forgotten third.’ These are the students who do not achieve at least a grade 4 standard p...

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Funding Campaign

We are planning to further illustrate the cost pressures on schools and colleges with anonymised case studies. If you would be willing to participate, please contact TellUs@ascl.org.uk with the subject heading ‘case study’ and your contact details, and we’ll be in touch. ...

/Our-view/Campaigns/ASCL-Funding-Campaign 07/11/2022 14:38:21

ASCL influence - Autumn 2023

Working on your behalf to influence government policy Ah, autumn. Season of mists, mellow fruitfulness and ministers setting out their stalls at party conferences. As usual, ASCL attended the conferences – hosting our own fringe events, speaking on panels and meeting with...

/Leader/Issues/2023-Autumn-term/ASCL-Influence-Autumn-2023 09/11/2023 09:06:14

ASCL UK - Autumn 2023

Excellence for all In making my Leader magazine debut, I first want to pay tribute to my predecessor, Robert Wilson, who retired at the end of August. Robert is respected across the sector and his relationships were pivotal to ensuring ASCL Northern Ireland’s voice was hea...

/Leader/Issues/2023-Autumn-term/ASCL-UK-Autumn-2023 09/11/2023 10:34:53