Rock Enrol scheme can support citizenship
NAHT has been working with the government on a project to encourage young people to become engaged in the democratic process. This has been triggered by changes in the way the electoral roll is...
Category: Curriculum
Careers update
The National Careers Service, in partnership with national charity Career Academies UK, is launching a series of roadshows called Let's Do Business, with the first event scheduled to take place from...
NAHT comment on DfE Guidance on promoting British values in schools
Russell Hobby, general secretary of school leaders' union NAHT said: The majority of schools will find they have been 'actively promoting' British values for years. School councils, PSHE, behaviour...
A welcome for the consultation requiring breadth in the new RS GCSE
Russell Hobby, general secretary of school leaders' union NAHT said: The study of religion is vital to an understanding of history, current affairs and human motivation. But if young people are to...
Primary Futures: national initiative to boost pupils aspirations
Today sees the launch of Primary Futures, a nationwide initiative aimed at widening the horizons of primary school children.
The project seeks to raise aspirations, to help children understand the...
NAHT comment on DfE report into phonics effectiveness
Russell Hobby, general secretary of the school leaders' union NAHT said: "The systematic use of phonics is clearly established in primary schools and is proving a highly effective strategy for...
NAHT counts itself in supporting the National Numeracy Manifesto
School leaders' union NAHT is pleased to support National Numeracy as the charity outlines essential steps needed to eliminate what it calls the national scourge of poor maths skills among adults and...
NAHT urges Nicky Morgan to support statutory PSHE
Russell Hobby, general secretary of NAHT said: We have been heartened recently to see PSHE featuring in the Liberal Democrats' manifesto proposals, a private members bill put forward by Caroline...
Comment on DfE’s £1.8m training funding for language teaching
Russell Hobby, general secretary of NAHT said Every student should have the opportunity to learn a foreign language. But if we're serious about this, we should recognise the true scale of the...
NAHT comment on Conservative’s EBacc proposals
It is right that every student should have the opportunity to take the suite of EBacc subjects but it is not right that every student should be forced to take it, according to school leaders' union...