What a trial visit told me about inspection 

By Manny Botwe Headteacher of Tytherington School, and ASCL President  Recently, we agreed to take part in a trial pilot visit from Ofsted of the inspectorate’s controversial new framework.  It was a rare opportunity to welcome six experienced senior HMIs into our sc...

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Vivify Venues

Vivify is a school community lettings provider that offers schools a cost-free solution to hire out their facilities to generate additional revenue and improve community wellbeing.   We are on a mission to inspire people everywhere to get the most out of life, bring commun...

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Vivify Venues

Vivify Venues School community lettings and facility hire   Vivify is a school community lettings provider that offers schools a cost-free solution to hire out their facilities to generate additional revenue and improve community wellbeing.   We are on a missi...

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Being a Head: Key questions to reflect on as you step into headship

This blog features a recent conversation between Steve Playford, ASCL leadership consultant, and Sarah Holman, Headteacher of Eggars School , as they reflect on their coaching journey and what it feels like to step into headship in 2025.  Steve poses insightful questions t...

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Do it your way

Headteachers are like Frank Sinatra; they prefer to do it ‘their way’. Not that there is ever a shortage of people telling them what their way should be. Ofsted, the DfE, parents, social media and even the odd Year 9 has more than enough say on the matter.  So how about som...

/Leader/Issues/2025-Spring-term/Do-it-your-way 04/03/2025 15:25:16

Quilter Invest

Quilter Invest As an ASCL member, you work hard for your money. Now it’s time to make it work for you.   Introducing Quilter Invest, an innovative new app designed to empower you to learn, save, and invest with confidence. As part of Quilter, a longstanding FTSE 250...

/Microsites/ASCL-Partners/Benefits-for-you/Quilter-Invest 12/11/2025 15:18:52

How do I get to the venue?

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Guidance: When exclusions go to court

Exclusions cases reaching the courts have surged, with permanent exclusions up 16% in 2023/24 and more Court of Appeal cases in 2025 than in the entire period since 2011. Meanwhile, 45% of respondents in Browne Jacobson’s summer 2025 School Leaders Survey reported an annual ...

/Leader/Issues/2026-Spring-term/When-exclusions-go-to-court 02/03/2026 15:56:25

What professional risks are attendant upon accountability?

At this year’s Annual Conference, ASCL launched a year-long project on Ethical Leadership in Education - you can read more about the background to this in Carolyn Roberts' article Shared Values in issue 96 of Leader magazine. This is the sixth in a series of eight blo...

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Teacher Tapp

  School Surveys is  a unique way of finding out what your staff, parents and pupils are really thinking . You can create a survey in three minutes, using Teacher Tapp’s expertly-crafted questions, and see how your school compares to national benchmarks. When you sign up...

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