Bonfire of BTECs?

With the policy on defunding BTECs causing such confusion and controversy, Kevin Gilmartin clarifies the situation around the immediate future of Level 3 vocational qualifications in the sixth form. In April 2022, Nadhim Zahawi, the then education minister, wrote to the ...

/Help-and-Advice/Post-16/Curriculum/Bonfire-of-BTECs 01/08/2023 11:57:49

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

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...

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Tutorial 7

Tutorial 7 Introduction This tutorial, led by Tim Gilson, will consider a number of issues from Content Area 6 Increasing Capability, all of which are assessed in Task 1. The background material for this tutorial is in  Content Area 6 Increasing Capability (Part1): Sta...

/professional-development/Events/Resources/NPQEL-cohort-4/ASCL-NPQEL4/Tutorials/Tutorial-7 01/02/2021 11:09:14

Accountability and service

Carolyn Roberts is chair of ASCL’s Ethical Leadership Commission which was launched at ASCL Annual Conference 2017. In this latest series of blogs, Carolyn explores some of the principles and virtues which feature in the Commission’s Framework for Ethical Leadership. ACCOU...

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ASCL UK - Summer 2024

Make magic happen Since April, we have a new Cabinet Secretary for Education in Wales – Lynne Neagle. We certainly welcome her to this new post and know that she’ll have a daunting portfolio to deal with. There are challenges in the system and that’s for sure.   So, if ...

/Leader/Issues/2024-Summer-term/ASCL-UK-Summer-2024 03/06/2024 11:57:36

Working Time Regulations: Holiday pay and entitlements

Working Time Regulations: Holiday pay and entitlements On 1 January 2024, the Department for Business and Trade issued guidance on reforms to holiday pay and entitlement following changes to the Working Time Regulations.  These changes include: defining irregular hours w...

/Help-and-Advice/Business-leadership/Business-Operations/Working-Time-Regulations-Holiday-pay-and-entitleme 11/01/2024 14:56:06

Part three | Strategic Staff Deployment

Part three | Strategic Staff Deployment The material in this section is linked with the following section of the Increasing Capacity Content Area expanding on the introduction to staff development and deployment in part 1 of this content area.   Learn how to: Learn abo...

/professional-development/Events/Resources/ASCLPD-NPQEL/ASCL-NPQEL/Content-area-6-Increasing-capacity/Part-three-Strategic-Staff-Deployment 29/04/2020 13:30:25

Part four | Leading across several institutions

Part four | Leading across several institutions Introduction The way that the curriculum areas and assessment objectives are set out by the DfE for the NPQEL qualification compartmentalises the key aspects of the executive leader role. In reality one of the key attributes...

/professional-development/Events/Resources/NPQEL-cohort-4/ASCL-NPQEL4/Content-area-3-Leading-with-Impact/Part-four-Leading-across-several-institutions 07/06/2021 08:43:39

David Evans

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