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Page Published: 06 March 2008
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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
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
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...
Ministers should seek professional engagement
19 December 2011
The National Association of Head Teachers has welcomed the delay in implementing the revised...
Educational Visits: A guidance document
30 November 2011
The educational value of learning outside the classroom is now beyond question and the integration...
Move on from structures to teaching quality
17 November 2011
NAHT says the government's Education Bill paid too much attention to structures, powers and...
Primary teachers: specialise in primary pupils
08 November 2011
Imposing a secondary school style of education on primaries by introducing subject specialists...
Match-funding for Systematic Synthetic Phonics
08 November 2011
The Department for Education has set up a link to the online catalogue of approved synthetic...
Exploiting Information Technology in Education
02 November 2011
New Strategic Leadership of ICT programme launched for school leadership teams pilot programme for...
Teaching Tools and Aids
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
Chief inspector abandons carrots for sticks
06 February 2012
Embattled prime minister John Major gave a couple of gifts to the English language. The first was...
The very undemocratic process of forcing academy status on primary schoolsand observations about recent Ofsted reports
03 February 2012
If I were a parent there, I would be absolutely aghast at what appears to be happening to a group...
We've been expecting you, Mr Gove
31 January 2012
If Michael Gove was a tennis player, I suspect Andy Murray would have yet another self-assured...
League tables and the long tail of underachievement
30 January 2012
The new performance tables contain 400 per cent more information, according to schools minister...
SEND Training Opportunities
30 January 2012
Welcome to another year of frenetic activity on the policy front. Last year saw the opening of the...
£75 million going from UK schools into pockets of exam board shareholders
24 January 2012
I was expecting to write a blog today about further evidence on the effects of exam-driven teaching...
Debunking history
20 January 2012
The assertion that 'history is written by the victors' appears to have been proved this month in...
Does changing the system create grade inflation?
19 January 2012
The black hole is a staple of science fiction films, as the plucky spaceship crew do their best to...
Mind the Gap as the ICT curriculum vaporises
11 January 2012
Talk about double whammies. From September, Ofsted inspectors can turn up without so much as a five...
Radical change on the cards for England's exam system
10 January 2012
Radical change seems to be on the cards for England's GCSE and A-level exam system in the wake of...
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
Managing risk assessment processes
08 February 2012
A requirement, of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, is that all...
Planning a LOtC curriculum
08 February 2012
CLOtC is offering continuous professional development training to schools in the West Midlands on...
KS2 Science Sampling Tests
08 February 2012
DfE has said that the schools selected to undergo the Key Stage 2 Science Sampling Tests will be...
Campaign regarding change from RPI to CPI
08 February 2012
Public service Pensioners' Council is proposing further action following the outcome of the...
Managing medical needs in schools
07 February 2012
Responsibilities and support for children with medical needs.
Condemnation won't improve performance
06 February 2012
Responding to claims by new Ofsted chief, Sir Michael Wilshaw, that 5,000 school leaders are inept,...
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...
Managing Redundancy Procedure Northern Ireland
02 February 2012
A powerpoint presentation describing the procedure for making staff redundant
Appraisal Regulations 2012 - commentary
02 February 2012
The Appraisal regulations, which will replace the existing Performance Management Regulations on 1...
Free school resources for LGBT History Month
02 February 2012
Information on free resources for schools.
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...
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
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...
State of the senior staff labour market 2010/11
12 December 2011
17th annual report on the state of the labour market for Senior staff in schools in England and...
Classroom observation and monitoring (Wales)
30 November 2011
It is commonly asserted that teachers can only be observed for a maximum of 3 hours per year. This...
Advice on NASUWT Action
30 November 2011
NASUWT has instructed its members to take action short of strike action, beginning on 1 December...
SM04 - Stress Management
29 November 2011
This advice document looks at stress among employees. It describes some symptoms to be aware of,...
Reasonable expectations of teachers - TLRs
25 November 2011
It is sometimes asserted that a teacher cannot be expected to be a subject co-ordinator unless they...
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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