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Targets
Clarity on DfE Floor Standards
16 March 2011
Clarity on floor standards for schools that boycotted SATs in 2010. Teacher assessment must be taken into account.
Target Setting
Key Stage 4 performance tables from 2014
13 February 2012
Details of the changes announced in late January 2012.
League tables part of problem not solution
31 January 2012
Responding to the government's announcement on 31st January that it is to reform performance tables...
Assessment review fails to register scepticism
04 November 2011
As the government releases its provisional review of this year's tests for final year primary...
Targets for GCSE make headlines not achievers
17 June 2011
NAHT has condemned proposals which would class secondary schools as failures unless 50 per cent of...
GL Assessment announces NAHT partnership
08 June 2011
Independent test publisher, GL Assessment, has today announced that it has entered into an affinity...
Wolf overshadowed by performance tables talk
13 May 2011
NAHT has broadly welcomed support for the findings of a review into education for older pupils but...
NAHT applaud Obama lead on cutting school tests
01 April 2011
Speaking earlier this week to students and parents at a school in Washington DC, the president said...
Focusing on results at the expense of ethos?
29 November 2010
NAHT president Mike Welsh calls on Teach First graduates to criticise the government, not head...
Foundation Stage Profile and Target Setting
12 February 2008
The Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (EYFSP) is a way of summing up each child`s development...
Teacher's Conduct
Conducting an Investigation
05 January 2012
Guidance on conducting an investigation into alleged misconduct in relation to a disciplinary,...
Advice on NASUWT Action
30 November 2011
NASUWT has instructed its members to take action short of strike action, beginning on 1 December...
Fairer ways to deal with under performance
08 April 2011
The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) has supported the findings of a survey that shows...
Teaching & Learning
Guidance on the moderation of KS2 writing - 2012
27 March 2012
The DfE has sent guidance to local authorities on the moderation of KS2 writing in 2012.
Professor Ben Levin on School Leadership
23 March 2012
Susan Young reports on her interview with Professor Ben Levin of Toronto University in advance of...
BESA head teacher focus groups
22 March 2012
Following discussions with NAHT, BESA would like members to participate in our annual focus groups...
We share ambition for high literacy standards
15 March 2012
Report confirms 70 per cent of schools are good or outstanding
Arts are welcome but something's got to give
02 March 2012
Curriculum constraints, cuts and accountability measures work against plans to boost music and arts...
Learning Difficulty Assessments
27 February 2012
New DfE Guidance on carrying out Learning Difficulty Assessments.
Report recognises value of early years
03 February 2012
The NAHT said it agreed with a report by the National Audit Office that concluded more work needed...
Free school resources for LGBT History Month
02 February 2012
Information on free resources for schools.
Summary of National Curriculum framework
03 January 2012
Here we provide a summary of the report although a commentary appears at some points. The...
Education leaders' guide to...2012 and beyond
19 December 2011
Major changes coming up in the next year include the new curriculum and implementation of the new...
Teaching Tools and Aids
Microsoft schools licensing agreement
26 March 2012
Government Procurement Service is leading the re-negotiation of Microsoft's licensing agreements...
The future of technology in education
25 January 2012
'We need a serious, intelligent conversation about how technology will transform education-and I...
Online Safety: A Toolkit for Early Years Setting
21 October 2010
Headquarters has received enquiries from members about best practice and policies relating to the...
Testing
Maths matters
23 May 2012
got my maths GCSE sometime in my mid-20s, some time after graduating from university and...
Tackling public opinion
22 May 2012
In preparing May/June's Leadership Focus magazine for you, one thing that caught my eye was Russell...
It's not the pay that's the problem: it's the conditions
16 May 2012
The Department for Education's submission to the School Teachers' Review Body on performance pay is...
NAHT conference and why it's time for the Government to listen to heads
08 May 2012
Show me a union conference where people discuss how happy they are with every aspect of their...
Forced to be free
03 May 2012
OK, something different this time. Inspired by various pronouncements in recent weeks, and the odd...
Not just performance related pay, but teacher sabbaticals -- the MPs' recommendations you didn't read
01 May 2012
Six-month sabbaticals for teachers? I bet that's one idea from the new MPs' report on the...
Improving attendance at school
01 May 2012
Hot on the heels of the 2 reports mentioned last month to do with behaviour and exclusions,...
Lots of questions for the Secretary of State
27 April 2012
No explanation was given as to why the education select committee's questioning of Michael Gove...
Lifting the lid on the Government's favourite secondary
23 April 2012
Mossbourne school is up there with Roedean, Eton, Grange Hill and St Trinians -- a very familiar...
Adventures in league table land
18 April 2012
I have a confession to make, which may have become obvious by now to regular readers of this blog:...
Threshold Assessment
Time
A012 Time off work policy
03 October 2011
This procedure applies to school-based staff and sets out employees' entitlements' and obligations with regard to special leave, other than sickness, maternity, paternity, adoption, parental or annual leave.
A007 Flexible Working Policy
03 October 2011
The head teacher has delegated powers for granting flexible working as outlined in this document.
Work / Life Balance FAQs
12 July 2011
Common questions relating to work life balance for school leaders and staff.
Timetable
Changes to School Session Times September 2011
05 September 2011
Government has revoked regulations that specify procedures relating to changes in the school day.
Topics - Curriculum
President on a mission
22 May 2012
If a handshake is a reliable indication of personality, then the NAHT is on to a winner this year...
Managing staff deployment
21 May 2012
This document includes the regulatory framework for schools and a commentary on The School...
How to fight for school business manager rights
21 May 2012
Rob Kelsall, senior regional officer for NAHT will be delivery two keynote seminars highlighting...
School leaders' views on exams sought
17 May 2012
An independent film company, Splitpea Productions, is making a programme for Channel 4 on exams....
Survey of the condition of school buildings
16 May 2012
This will take palce between May 2012 and September 2013.
NAHT calls for progression in supportive culture
16 May 2012
The NAHT stresses that performance-related progression should be seen as a way of raising the...
NAHT evidence to School Teachers Review Body
16 May 2012
The NAHT has responded to the call for evidence relating to market facing local pay, performance...
Managing difficult meetings
15 May 2012
The NAHT has published some advice designed to dispel some of the myths that have arisen over the...
Don't use 'tougher diagnosis' as an excuse
15 May 2012
NAHT has warned the government not to use 'toughening up' the diagnosis of special education needs...
Nick Clegg's speech on Pupil Premium
14 May 2012
The government needs to be frank that the pupil premium is not extra funding - it merely...
Toxic Childhood
A new approach to abolishing child poverty
25 May 2011
In his final report, the 'Independent Review on Poverty and Life Chances' Frank Field sets out a...
Trade Unions
Advice on NASUWT Action
30 November 2011
NASUWT has instructed its members to take action short of strike action, beginning on 1 December...
Industrial action advice - November 2011
25 November 2011
Following the recent ballot of its membership the NAHT has received a mandate to take industrial...
Strike action: Caution against use of volunteers
27 June 2011
Michael Gove's advice to schools to draft in armies of volunteers to cover for striking teachers...
Pensions: Russell Hobby speaks to C4 News
27 June 2011
The NAHT General Secretary has spoken to Channel 4 news following Michael gove's letters to schools...
Response to Secretary of State letter to LAs
24 June 2011
The Secretary of State has written to Local Authorities to comment on the Industrial Action and...
NAHT responds to Gove letter to schools
24 June 2011
The Secretary of State has written to all schools concerning the industrial action that is due to...
Heads will act responsibly over strike closures
24 June 2011
Members of the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) have responded with anger to a letter...
Advice on the Managing of Industrial Action
24 May 2011
General advice regarding issues that may arise in the management of of industrial action that may...
Trade Union Activities
Time Off for Trade Union Duties
04 January 2012
A guidance note for NAHT Officials
ARC: Information/Advice to members, October 2009
12 October 2009
Planned Action Autumn 2009 Members at Conference in 2009 voted with an overwhelming majority that NAHT should ballot its members on a boycott of the Key Stage 2 tests once all other reasonable avenues had been explored.
Planning For Your Future - Interactive Seminars
12 February 2009
Work/life balance issues, flexible working options, financial planning, and your pension choices.
Training and Development
Managing staff deployment
21 May 2012
This document includes the regulatory framework for schools and a commentary on The School...
Managing difficult meetings
15 May 2012
The NAHT has published some advice designed to dispel some of the myths that have arisen over the...
NPQH licensees announced
16 April 2012
NCSL have published details of NPQH training providers
NUT industrial action on 28 March - FAQs
23 March 2012
A number of common questions (FAQs) relating to this industrial action in schools, with answers.
Nutbrown early years qualification review
16 March 2012
Professor Nutbrown's interim report on early education and childcare qualifications has been...
A029 - Maternity leave guidance and policy
24 January 2012
Includes guidance and policy for head teacher, deputy head, assistant head, classroom teachers and...
A030 - Adoption leave guidance
24 January 2012
The Employment Act 2002 introduced new statutory rights to leave and pay for adoptive parents...
School complaints - procedure and model policy
13 January 2012
Some Governing Bodies adopt ad hoc complaints procedures, while others have formally adopted...
Conducting an Investigation
05 January 2012
Guidance on conducting an investigation into alleged misconduct in relation to a disciplinary,...
Performance Management and Pay FAQs 2012
22 December 2011
The guidance is written from the point of view of a school with a delegated budget and is designed...
More on Training and Development
Truancy
Pupil absence figures fall
19 October 2010
Russell Hobby has reacted positively to the pupil absence figures released by the Department for...
Not enough support to tackle truancy in Wales
17 February 2011
The Minister, Leighton Andrews, has indicated that he wants a dramatic improvement in behaviour and...
Trusts
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