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‘The trouble with advising heads to be more like Clint Eastwood is that his roles are works of fiction’
Responding to a speech by Sir Michael Wilshaw this morning in which the Ofsted chief inspector called for more maverick heads, the NAHT general secretary challenges this model of leadership
25 May 2016
‘How can we expect the government to listen if the moment it changes its mind we start crowing about U-turns?’
Russell Hobby, general secretary of the NAHT headteachers’ union, welcomes the announcement but warns against too much gloating
6 May 2016
‘It is neither complete nor flawless, but there is stuff to like in this White Paper’
It fails to address recruitment and retention problems, but who could deny the allure of an Ofsted holiday? The leader of a heads’ union analyses the new White Paper
18 March 2016
Universal academisation: ‘The burning platform approach to change management’
The reforms being revealed this morning pose many, many questions for school leaders, argues the general secretary of the NAHT. The important thing to remember is not to panic
16 March 2016
‘There is a still a long way to go before we can say the problems with primary assessment are in any way resolved’
We may have seen some improvements in the DfE’s clarification document yesterday, writes the leader of a heads’ union. But there’s still much to be cleared up
9 March 2016
‘The Year 7 Sats resits represent an unintentional return to the 11-plus’
The plans to make children resit their key stage 2 Sats will replace clarity with turmoil, focus with panic and learning with exam prep, writes the leader of a heads’ union
29 February 2016
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