Building a better tomorrow

Spring is almost upon us, and we look forward to a celebration of school, college and trust leadership at ASCL Annual Conference 2024 in Liverpool this month. A chance, also, to celebrate 150 years of our great organisation and the proud tradition of education leaders who have...

/Leader/Issues/2024-Spring-term/Building-a-better-tomorrow 26/02/2024 14:24:04

Workshop | Building the National Union of School Students

/Microsites/Annual-Conference/Programme-(1)/Friday-13-March/Workshop-Building-the-National-Union-of-School-Stu 21/01/2026 14:19:07

ASCL responds to research showing parents favour inspection reform

Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, responds to Public First research , commissioned by the Laidlaw Foundation, finding that parents and teachers want a more transparent, well rounded and less high stakes accountability system in...

/News/Our-news-and-press-releases/ASCL-responds-to-research-showing-parents-favour-i 11/12/2023 00:00:00

Revision of Ofsted fees for inspections of independent schools

ASCL response to the DfE consultation on the revision of Ofsted fees for inspections of independent schools. 

/Our-view/Consultation-responses/Revision-of-Ofsted-fees-for-inspections-of-indepen 20/11/2025 00:00:00

ASCL comment on NFER report on difficulty recruiting teaching assistants

Kathryn Morgan, Leadership and Workforce Specialist at the Association of School and College Leaders, responds to a report from the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER), which states that three in four school leaders are struggling to recruit teaching assistants.

/News/Our-news-and-press-releases/ASCL-comment-on-NFER-report-on-difficulty-recruiti 05/03/2026 00:00:00

Dr Mark Cropley

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Harpur Trust v Brazel Supreme Court outcome

Harpur Trust v Brazel Supreme Court outcome The long-awaited  Harpur Trust v Brazel verdict  was passed down on 20 July 2022. This relates to holiday pay calculations for workers who work part of the year but are employed all year round (e.g. Term Time only).   An Acas up...

/Help-and-Advice/my-employment-pay-conditions-and-pension/Pay-and-conditions/Harpur-Trust-v-Brazel-Supreme-Court-outcome 25/07/2022 15:41:04

IFS report shows reality behind government’s school funding boasts

Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, comments on the annual report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) on education spending in England.

/News/Our-news-and-press-releases/IFS-report-shows-reality-behind-government’s-schoo 11/12/2023 00:00:00

Funding

Hot topics Funding Welcome to the ASCL Funding  Zone. Here you'll find a wide range of information and advice to support you on issues across all phases. Explore using the topics below. Budget plannning in 2025 and beyond: information paper Briefing paper: School funding ...

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Schools National Funding Formula

ASCL welcomes the opportunity to contribute to this consultation. We have been campaigning for a national distribution formula for over two decades and welcome these proposals in principle.

/Our-view/Consultation-responses/Schools-National-Funding-Formula 22/03/2017 00:00:00