NAHT backs call for auto-enrolment for free school meals School leaders' union says too many eligible families are missing out 17 October 2025
NAHT NI welcomes teachers' pay investment but warns significant further funding needed School leaders' union NAHT NI has welcomed today's announcement of £37 million towards teachers' pay in Northern Ireland. 16 October 2025
Health and safety in schools under threat, warn school leaders in Northern Ireland Responding to a damning report from Stormont's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) today that many schools in Northern Ireland "are in a state of disrepair," school leaders' union NAHT NI has warned that schools in certain settings are operating under conditions that severely compromise the health, safety and wellbeing of both staff and pupils. 16 October 2025
NAHT responds to research showing better off parents more likely to get a plan for children with SEND School leaders' union says earlier help is key 16 October 2025
School leaders criticise new reading test - 'not the best way to drive standards' Commenting as the education secretary announces a statutory reading test in secondary school, and a new ambition for 90% attainment in the phonics check in primary, Paul Whiteman, general secretary of school leaders’ union NAHT, said: 15 October 2025
