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Teach Firsters return to the classroom ten years on
Teachers who trained with education charity Teach First when it launched 15 years ago are returning to the profession, after leaving it behind to try out different industries. Data gathered by Teach First on trainees who joined the programme in 2003 and 2004 have shown that more of them were back in the classroom last…
5.00 Jul. 14th, 2018 | News
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Hinds challenged over 'dangerously inadequate' SEND funding
A coalition of trade unions and 39 local authorities have written to the education secretary to warn of “dangerously inadequate funding” for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The School Cuts Coalition was first formed in November 2016 and now includes NEU, NAHT, ASCL, Unison, GMB and Unite. In a letter to Damian Hinds, the…
0.01 Jun. 18th, 2018 | News
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Paul Whiteman, General secretary, NAHT
Almost a year to the day since he was unveiled as the NAHT’s preferred candidate to replace Russell Hobby as its general secretary, Paul Whiteman is preparing to deliver his inaugural keynote speech at the union’s annual conference. But Whiteman’s address in Liverpool this weekend will be delivered under very different circumstances to his predecessor’s…
5.00 May. 8th, 2018 | Profiles
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NAHT: Schools can't get hold of mental health support for children
Over 90 per cent of teachers are unable to access specialist mental health support for the children in their school when it’s needed, according to a poll taken by school leaders’ union NAHT at its national conference in Liverpool today. Paul Whiteman, NAHT’s general secretary, said the system is “in crisis”, with unsupported children and young…
15.13 May. 4th, 2018 | News
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NAHT partners with Institute of School Business Leadership
School leaders’ union NAHT has announced a new partnership with The Institute of School Business Leadership (ISBL), in response to the growing role of school business leaders. A joint conference is being planned for next year and members who join both NAHT and ISBL will receive a 25 per cent discount on each membership. School…
0.01 May. 4th, 2018 | News
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Heads back call for more male early-years teachers
Members of school leaders’ union NAHT will debate the need for more male early-years teachers on Friday. The government must tackle the perception that early years education “lacks status and importance” and attracts lower pay to attract more men, according to James Bowen, who represents middle leaders at the union. Currently, just three per cent…
0.01 May. 2nd, 2018 | News
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Nine in 10 heads are headed for an 'unmanageable' budget deficit
More than 90 per cent of headteachers expect their schools to rack up an unmanageable budget deficit in the near future, a poll has revealed. Twenty-one per cent of the 589 heads who responded to a survey by the school leaders’ union NAHT said their school was already in deficit this year, an increase of…
22.02 Mar. 21st, 2018 | News
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Police organisation teams up with NAHT to beat recruitment fraud
The NAHT union is teaming up with a Metropolitan Police website to tackle recruitment fraud. Schools will be told about an organisation providing free advice about job scams to which leaders can report any fraud problems. A Schools Week investigation last march found hundreds of schools are using apps to employ supply teachers, but union…
7.00 Mar. 11th, 2018 | News
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NAHT launches commission to investigate school accountability
The way schools are held to account will be investigated by a new independent commission that seeks to find a “credible alternative” to the system of inspections and league tables – and Ofsted and the DfE have promised to get involved. The commission, which will propose an “alternative vision for the future” of school accountability…
7.00 Mar. 10th, 2018 | News
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DfE doesn't check whether academy leaders are 'fit and proper'
Academy trustees and senior leaders are not being properly vetted for their suitability to run schools, the government’s spending watchdog has warned. Labour MP Meg Hillier, the chair of the powerful public accounts committee said she was “concerned” by the latest report from the National Audit Office, which found that people taking senior jobs at…
0.02 Feb. 22nd, 2018 | News
