Q: Why did the school leader install AI in every classroom? A: Because in their school they had a plan, AI, AI, O! OK, it’s not Oscar Wilde but everyone’s talking about AI. Governments, the media, employers, even AI’s talking about AI (if you ask it) and most of us hav...
/Leader/Issues/2025-Autumn-term/Making-a-connection 03/10/2025 11:07:55
There are countless reasons why education leaders across the UK choose to join ASCL as their trade union. Yet, one sentiment rises to the top: it’s the unparalleled quality of individual support that ASCL offers to its members. At the core of our mission is a commitment to sta...
/Leader/Issues/2025-Autumn-term/Essential-Support-for-You 03/10/2025 11:12:03
Lessons in leadership: What to do – and what to avoid I have discovered during my career you can learn just as much (if not more) about how not to lead than how to lead from the heads you work for. Having said that, these three pieces of advice from heads have stuck with...
/Leader/Issues/2025-Autumn-term/Words-of-wisdom 03/10/2025 11:18:34
On 8 July, primary schools across England received their Key Stage 2 SATs results. As leaders reflect on these outcomes, it’s important to consider what they tell us about the long-term impact of the pandemic, current national trends, and what schools should be preparing for i...
/Leader/Issues/2025-Autumn-term/SATs-2025 03/10/2025 11:22:23
A catering manager once said to me, “What better job is there than serving meals to children?” A great question. We know that school food plays a vital role in children and young people's health and wellbeing and in their academic and behavioural outcomes. In England, the S...
/Leader/Issues/2025-Autumn-term/Feeding-the-future 03/10/2025 11:28:02
Tell us about your role This is my 17th year as headteacher of Limehurst Academy, an 11–16 school in the heart of Loughborough town centre in Leicestershire. It’s a great school with lots of cultural diversity, and it’s also a happy and successful school, despite having a ...
/Leader/Issues/2025-Autumn-term/Smiles-all-around 03/10/2025 13:59:05
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
By David Malik-Davies, CheckMyTax.co.uk   School and college leaders navigate complex systems every day – from budgets and staffing to inspections and accountability frameworks. It’s no surprise that tax rarely makes the top of the to-do list. Because most education lea...
/News/Blog/April-2026/Think-your-tax-is-sorted-Why-school-leaders-should
The new Keeping children safe in education 2025 (KCSIE 2025) guidance includes several key changes and updates from the September 2024 version, (outlined in the table in Annex F of the document). It comes into force in September 2025.  These changes primarily focus on ref...
/Help-and-Advice/Primary-education/Pastoral-in-Primary/Keeping-children-safe-in-education-2025 29/04/2026 14:34:26
Following a consultation last autumn, Ofsted published a new complaints process in April 2024, which reflected many of the recommendations we made during the consultation. We cautiously welcomed it. To be clear, this is the process of complaining about an inspection, not paren...
/Leader/Issues/2024-Summer-term/Ofsted-inspection-complaints 31/05/2024 16:33:34
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