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Education unions ASCL, Community, NAHT, NASUWT and NEU call for a fully funded pay increase
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Post-16 sector needs resources more than reform, says ASCL in response to Advanced British Standard
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Children’s Commissioner report highlights lack of progress over children’s mental health
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General Secretary's speech to ASCL Annual Conference 2024
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Many classrooms in poor condition after more than a decade of government underinvestment
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ASCL President's speech to ASCL Annual Conference 2024
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70% of schools in England have faced real-terms cuts since 2010
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New resit guidelines are not based in reality
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Pay levels of school business leaders may lead to mass exodus
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School mobile phone crackdown is a non-policy for a non-problem
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Teacher apprentices: Too much spin and not enough substance
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The rise of online AP is about more than just capacity
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Schools with RAAC urgently need more support, says ASCL letter to Secretary of State for Education
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Teacher degree apprenticeships will not solve the recruitment crisis
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Ofsted should champion disadvantaged schools – not penalise them
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ASCL NI comment on deal to restore devolution at Stormont
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Scrapping of hair and beauty T-level underlines need to suspend defunding of other qualifications
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Education system
Children and young people will not benefit from minimum service levels
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Funding statistics mask impact of inflation on schools
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Finance
ASCL comment on Sutton Trust report on deterioration of early years education
Primary
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Chancellor must use Spring Budget to commit to eradicating RAAC from school and college estate
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Test of Ofsted actions is what happens on the ground
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Challenges in Recruitment and Retention: School business and support staff
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Education unions respond to workload taskforce recommendations
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Sutton Trust’s call for fairer admissions is only one part of the picture
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Labour’s child health action plan must be properly resourced
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Government
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Free school meals
School and further education inspections to begin from 22 January
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Education Leaders: working in partnership with the Virtual School (part 2)
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Virtual School Headteachers
Education Leaders: Working in partnership with the Virtual School (part 1)
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Virtual School Headteachers
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ASCL fully supports new GCSE in British Sign Language
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STRB must not feel constrained by remit letter
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STRB
Ofsted inspections are untenable following coroner’s report
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Ofsted
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ASCL Cymru comment on Welsh government budget
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Budget
Government
ASCL will now review whether guidance on gender questioning children is clear and deliverable
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Ministers must act on EPI findings of widening disadvantage gap
Government
EPI
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Ofsted and the government must demonstrate a duty of care
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Ofsted
Blog
Advanced British Standard is ‘headless chicken policymaking’
Post-16
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NI Executive must implement funding recommendations of Independent Review of Education
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Northern Ireland
ASCL supports call by Lords committee to scrap EBacc
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GCSE
Qualifications
Education system
ASCL and NAHT call for immediate pause to Ofsted inspections
Inspection
Ofsted
ASCL responds to research showing parents favour inspection reform
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Inspection
Ofsted
Parents
IFS report shows reality behind government’s school funding boasts
Funding
Government
How to improve PISA scores: more teachers and happy students
Funding
Recruitment and Retention
Blog
PISA
ASCL NI comment on letter urging Secretary of State to end cycle of underfunding
Funding
Northern Ireland
ASCL responds to ‘catastrophic’ trainee teacher recruitment figures
Pay
Recruitment and Retention
Coroner’s verdict on death of Ruth Perry must be a catalyst for change
Accountability
Inspection
Ofsted
ASCL comment on increase in RAAC-affected schools and colleges
Funding
RAAC
ASCL welcomes OCR’s launch of first digital GCSE
Assessment
GCSE
Digital
PISA results “should not be used for cheap political point-scoring”
Assessment
PISA
Minimum service levels represent the worst type of politics
Blog
Industrial action
ASCL responds to reports of mandatory minimum service levels
Government
Industrial action
Minimum service levels
What the Autumn Statement really means for schools and colleges
Funding
Government
Blog
ASCL NI president warns of ‘a sense of injustice’ in education
Pay
Funding
Workload
Northern Ireland
ASCL comment on Ofsted annual report
Recruitment and Retention
Inspection
Ofsted
ASCL comment on PAC report on deteriorating school estate
RAAC
School estates
We don’t agree with Nick Gibb on much – but on this he is right
Leadership
Professional Standards
Blog
ASCL comment on additional GCSE support materials
Assessment
Examinations
GCSE
ASCL comment on Teacher Wellbeing Index 2023
Teaching
Recruitment and Retention
Workload
Staff absence
School Cuts website relaunched as funding crisis in education deepens
Funding
Finance
ASCL comment on 89% of schools being ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’
Accountability
Inspection
Ofsted
ASCL comment on report from parliamentary inquiry on young carers
Carers
The problem isn’t accountability. It is the ham-fisted way it is done
Accountability
Inspection
Ofsted
Blog
ASCL comment on Sutton Trust report on lack of mental health support
Health and Wellbeing
Mental Health
ASCL responds to NFER report on teacher training bursaries
Pay
Teaching
STRB
Training
NFER
Schools on brink unless Chancellor delivers £1.7 billion in Autumn Statement for 2024/25, says joint letter to Chancellor from four education unions
Funding
STRB
ASCL comment on King’s Speech
Funding
Government
Why next week’s resits show our assessment system is broken
Assessment
Post-16
Examinations
GCSE
Ofqual
Blog
ASCL responds to EEF teacher workload reports
Teaching
Workload
Flexible working
ASCL responds to new research from Beyond Ofsted
Inspection
Ofsted
ASCL comment on NFER evaluation of tutoring programme
Disadvantage Gap
National Tutoring Programme
NFER
ASCL comment on Ofsted press release about schools focusing tutoring on exam students
Ofsted
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ASCL comment on £2m investment in Oak for AI development
Funding
Curriculum
AI
ASCL responds to Education Secretary’s letter on RSHE materials
Curriculum
DfE
There will be sunshine after the rain
Leadership
Blog
ASCL comment on minimum service levels
Teaching
England
ASCL comment on NFER’s impact evaluation of the second year of the National Tutoring Programme
Funding
Tutoring
National Tutoring Programme
NFER
ASCL NI comment on Department of Education’s corporate plan
Northern Ireland
DfE
ASCL comment on digital exams
Assessment
Examinations
Technology
ASCL comment on government’s refusal to restore £370m of school funding
ASCL comment on EPI report showing widening disadvantage gap
Funding
Attainment 8
EPI
Disadvantage Gap
ASCL comment on phonics screening check results
Primary
Early years
Reading
ASCL Cymru comment on sector summaries section of Chief Inspector’s Annual Report
Funding
Cymru
Education unions call on Government to restore £370m NFF funding
ASCL responds to Labour’s plan to encourage stronger lifelong numeracy
Primary
Maths
ASCL comment on IFS report showing rise in school costs outpacing inflation
Funding
Finance
Government
ASCL responds to NFER report on post-Covid learning gap
NFER
ASCL comment on Rishi Sunak’s ‘Advanced British Standard’
Curriculum
Post-16
A Levels
T Levels
ASCL comment on mobile phone ban during school day
Government
England
ASCL responds to AQA’s call for a new approach to numeracy, literacy and digital fluency
Examinations
Literacy
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ASCL comment on announcement of four new attendance hubs
Mental Health
Attendance
DfE
ASCL comment on Education Select Committee’s report on school absence crisis
Mental Health
SEND
Education organisations outline new commitments for action on equality, diversity and inclusion in education
Equalities
Inclusion
Diversity
ASCL comment on Jo Saxton stepping down as chief regulator
Examinations
Ofqual
Pepe Di’Iasio confirmed as next ASCL General Secretary
ASCL
About
Eight unions and the NGA call on the Prime Minister to invest £4.4bn+ per year to get a grip on the school buildings crisis
Funding
Government
Risk assessment
Environment
RAAC
ASCL comment on Prime Minister’s plan for ‘British Baccalaureate’
Post-16
Key Stage 4
A Levels
T Levels
Qualifications
ASCL comment on NFER report on teaching assistants leaving to work in better paid roles
Employment
Teaching
Support staff
NFER
Education unions in united call to Secretary of State for urgent measures to improve teacher pay and conditions
Pay
STRB
Workload
ASCL comment on IFS report on applications to secondary schools
Progress 8
Secondary
DfE
ASCL comment on updated list of RAAC-affected schools
Health and safety
DfE
RAAC
Risks Posed by RAAC: Implications for schools
Health and safety
Risk assessment
Blog
RAAC
ASCL comment on new teacher workload taskforce
Recruitment and Retention
Workload
ASCL comment on NFER report on schools with in-year deficits
Funding
Primary
England
ASCL comment on NFER report on impact of cost-of-living crisis on schools
ASCL statement on RAAC surveys
Health and safety
DfE
RAAC
School leaders’ unions write to Education Secretary demanding apology for her ‘insulting’ and ‘unacceptable’ remarks
Health and safety
DfE
RAAC
ASCL calls for consultation on single-phrase judgements following Ofsted complaints reform
Inspection
Ofsted
DfE
Performance measures
Education system
ASCL comment on Labour’s plan to reintroduce School Support Staff Negotiating Body
Pay
Business Leadership
STRB
Support staff
ASCL calls for urgent answers over crumbling concrete crisis
Health and safety
DfE
ASCL Cymru calls for urgent answers over use of RAAC in Welsh schools and colleges
Cymru
Health and safety
Unions write to education secretary to demand answers on RAAC in schools
Funding
Health and safety
Risk assessment
DfE
RAAC
ASCL comment on crumbling concrete guidance
Inspection
Health and safety
Risk assessment
DfE
To pass or not to pass: the dilemma of GCSE grading
Assessment
GCSE
Ofqual
Secondary
Blog
Forgotten Third
VTQs
ASCL NI comment on report into children’s mental health and wellbeing
Health and Wellbeing
Mental Health
Northern Ireland
Behaviour
Education system
ASCL comment on GCSE and Level 2 VTQ results
Assessment
Examinations
GCSE
Ofqual
Secondary
VTQs
ASCL Cymru comment on GCSE and vocational qualification results
Assessment
Cymru
Wales
GCSE
Secondary
VTQs
ASCL NI comment on GCSE and vocational qualification results
Assessment
GCSE
Northern Ireland
Secondary
VTQs
ASCL leader calls for a more humane GCSE system
Examinations
Key Stage 3
GCSE
Results day
ASCL comment on A level and VTQ results
Assessment
Examinations
A Levels
AS Levels
BTEC
T Levels
VTQs
ASCL comment on Labour analysis of regional attainment gap
Inclusion
Examinations
Social Mobility
ASCL Cymru comment on A-level and vocational qualification results
Cymru
A Levels
T Levels
UCAS
VTQs
Results day
ASCL NI comment on A-level and vocational qualification results
Post-16
Examinations
A Levels
T Levels
Northern Ireland
UCAS
Grading
Apprenticeships
VTQs
Results day
ASCL calls on government to talk to employers about grading changes
Post-16
Examinations
Key Stage 3
Key Stage 4
A Levels
Marking
Grading
Qualifications
VTQs
England
ASCL comment on Sutton Trust report on stay-at-home students
Inclusion
Post-16
BTEC
Post-18
Social Mobility
ASCL launches manifesto for the 2024 General Election
ASCL
Government
Strategy
ASCL comment on fall in percentage of trainees awarded qualified teacher status
Teaching
Recruitment and Retention
Workload
Training
ASCL comment on Education Committee’s report on childcare
SEND
Early years
Education system
ASCL halts ballot on strike action
Pay
Funding
STRB
ASCL comment on new Chief Inspector of Ofsted
Accountability
Inspection
Ofsted
What happens when your hard-earned qualifications are not acceptable?
Career Progression
Qualifications
Pepe Di’Iasio nominated for ASCL General Secretary
ASCL
ASCL comment on guidance over minimum school week
Leadership
DfE
ASCL comment on school funding allocations
Funding
Government
Joint statement on teachers' pay
Pay
Funding
Government
DfE
ASCL comment on NFER analysis on teacher pay
Pay
Teaching
Recruitment and Retention
ASCL comment on SATs results
Assessment
Primary
Key Stage 2
SATs
ASCL comment on Labour’s plan to reform education
Government
Policy
Education system
ASCL comment on teacher strikes
Funding
Government
Education system
Industrial action
England
Ballot
College associations back Commons call for post-16 funding review
Funding
Post-16
College
Union leaders call on Education Secretary to stop delaying school pay review body recommendations
STRB
DfE
England
ASCL response to Sutton Trust report on disadvantage
Disadvantage Gap
ASCL responds to NAO report on neglect of school estate
Health and safety
School Improvement
DfE
Joint union letter to MPs on STRB
Pay
Funding
STRB
Government
DfE
ASCL comment on Kemi Badenoch’s letter to Ofsted
Inclusion
Ofsted
Government
DfE
Transgender pupils
ASCL comment on NFER report on National Tutoring Programme
Tutoring
National Tutoring Programme
Brewing crisis in education can only be solved if Gillian Keegan reopens talks with unions
Pay
Recruitment and Retention
Government
ASCL launches #VoteForEducation ballot
Funding
Government
Industrial action
Ballot
ASCL comment on HEPI report on UCAS personal statements
Post-16
Key Stage 3
UCAS
University
Education system
England
ASCL comment on launch of inquiry into Ofsted inspections
Teaching
Health and Wellbeing
Inspection
Ofsted
Mental Health
ASCL comment on changes to Ofsted inspections
Inspection
Ofsted
Mental Health
ASCL comment on EEF review into teacher recruitment and retention
Teaching
Recruitment and Retention
ASCL comment on growing number of teacher vacancies
Teaching
Recruitment and Retention
Newly updated Burgundy Book launched for school teachers
ASCL comment on PAC report on ‘lost decade’ in education
Equalities
Health and Wellbeing
Mental Health
DfE
Education system
Disadvantage Gap
Education unions to hold joint industrial action campaign meetings in every school in England
Industrial action
Ballot
ASCL comment on review of Relationships, Sex and Health Education
Teaching
Curriculum
RSE
Behaviour and why life is better offline
Pastoral
Parents
Digital
Behaviour
Technology
ASCL announces dates of strike ballot
Funding
Government
Education system
Industrial action
Ballot
ASCL comment on latest findings from Covid Social Mobility study
Equalities
Pastoral
Health and Wellbeing
Health and safety
Income
Mental Health
School meals
ASCL responds to NFER report on essential skills for tomorrow’s workforce
Education unions call on government to publish pay recommendation
Pay
Recruitment and Retention
Industrial action
Education coalition to stage ‘save our schools’ lobby of parliament
ASCL
Pay
Teaching
Government
ASCL responds to changes to National Tutoring Programme
Government
DfE
Tutoring
National Tutoring Programme
ASCL responds to report of 6.5% teacher pay recommendation
Pay
Funding
Recruitment and Retention
STRB
What a rogue reading paper tells us about the problem with SATs
Primary
Curriculum
Key Stage 2
Blog
SATs
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