Welcome clarity provided on reformed GCSE grading system
Confirmation that the government will define a grade 4 as a standard pass at GCSE is helpful
Category: Secondary
Forced academisation meetings Midlands briefings 2015
To reinforce NAHT's forced academies campaign, we are holding briefings for all school leaders across the Midlands. These events are open to members and non-members.
Funding reform must be done in consultation with the profession
NAHT has responded to calls from backbench Conservative MPs for swift, radical change to school funding.
NAHT believes volatility in the secondary sector is masking progress
Today Ofsted publishes an update on how well non-selective secondary schools are supporting their most able students.
NAHT manifesto ‘owning what is ours’
NAHT's bold manifesto designed to put the profession in the driving seat of education reform.
NAHT submission to consultation on performance descriptors
The Department for Education's consultation on performance descriptors at key stage one and two closed on Friday 19 December. School leaders' union NAHT believes that the proposed performance...
98% of schools are getting safeguarding right
In its report on best practice for safeguarding children in schools, Ofsted claims that just two per cent of schools it inspected were considered to have inadequate safeguarding procedures in place.
Almost 200 school leaders attended London education conference
The upbeat, energetic conference heard from a range of key speakers and experts, and saw a diverse array of workshops attended by delegates. School staff left the conference re-energised, determined...
Parents want schools to manage dangers of pornography, says survey
More than four in five parents want schools to include issues surrounding the dangers of pornography as part of sex education, an NAHT survey has shown
Mobile ban is short-sighted and may backfire
Commenting on suggestions by Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw that he may recommend banning mobile phones in schools as part of a crackdown on discipline, Russell Hobby, general secretary of the...