NI Executive must implement funding recommendations of Independent Review of Education

John Trueman, Director of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) Northern Ireland, comments on the publication of the Independent Review of Education .

/News/Our-news-and-press-releases/NI-Executive-must-implement-funding-recommendation 13/12/2023 00:00:00

BlueSky

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/Membership/Member-benefits/Benefits-from-our-partners/BlueSky 04/06/2019 12:46:16

Assessment Criteria 2.4.1

Assessment Criteria 2.4.1 Assessment Criteria 2.4.1 The presentation and the aide memoire below are from a session with the current NPQEL cohort and relate to meeting the above assessment criteria; much of the discussion was around how to evaluate quality teaching and should...

/professional-development/Events/Resources/ASCLPD-NPQEL/ASCL-NPQEL/Additional-material/Assessment-Criteria-2-4-1 09/02/2021 15:20:01

Use of advanced information and support materials in summer 2021 general qualifications

ASCL response to the Ofqual consultation on the use of advanced information and support materials in summer 2021 general qualifications. 

/Our-view/Consultation-responses/Use-of-advanced-infomration-and-suipport-materials 18/12/2020 00:00:00

The ASCL Benevolent Fund: Protection and care for all ASCL members

By Lesley Cooper, former Chair, ASCL Benevolent Fund When I retired from headship in 2006, I had only vague ideas of what I might do next. So, when the opportunity to work for SHA - about to become ASCL- arose, I embarked on a second career as a Union Officer. Nine years ...

/News/Blog/June-2025/The-ASCL-Benevolent-Fund-Protection-and-care-for-a

Funding crisis

School and college budgets are extremely tight, and their leaders face difficult trade-offs in trying to balance funding levels against rising costs. To get a complete understanding of the current picture, it is important to understand what has happened in the past, the curren...

/Leader/Issues/2024-Summer-term/Funding-crisis 03/06/2024 11:47:51

Liquid investment

Tell us about your role I’m head of the Pupil Referral Service (PRS) for Westmorland and Furness. Our school provides education for students who have been permanently excluded as well as those medically unfit to attend their mainstream provision. We work with students aged...

/Leader/Issues/2024-Autumn-term/Liquid-investment 08/10/2024 14:29:37

Keynote by ASCL Cymru Director Claire Armitstead at ASCL Cymru Annual Conference 2025

Today, we launch our manifesto as we move towards the Senedd elections in May. At ASCL, we work on behalf of our members, but we speak on behalf of children and young people. That is what unites everyone in this room. It’s what made us educators. It’s what keeps us going ...

/News/Our-news-and-press-releases/Keynote-by-ASCL-Cymru-Director-Claire-Armitstead-a 11/12/2025 00:00:00

Train to Retrain: How CPD can keep staff in the sector

As school and college leaders, you’re acutely aware of the challenges we face in retaining dedicated staff in the education sector. With teacher turnover rates climbing and budgets tightening, the pressure is on to find effective strategies that can help keep our talented educ...

/News/Blog/July-2024/Trainto-Retrain-How-CPD-can-keep-staff-in-the-sect

Education unions ASCL, Community, NAHT, NASUWT and NEU call for a fully funded pay increase 

Unions representing the overwhelming majority of teachers and school leaders have issued a united call for a fully funded, inflation-plus pay increase as part of a restorative correction for teachers and school leaders to tackle the recruitment and retention crisis.

/News/Our-news-and-press-releases/Education-unions-ASCL,-Community,-NAHT,-NASUWT-and 20/03/2024 00:00:00