The summer break is a chance to recharge, reflect and enjoy some well-earned time away. ☀️ With NAHT membership, expert advice, career support and union representation are there when you need them. Join now and receive a £50 M&S voucher.* 🔗 https://bit.ly/3P6uKNe

🤖 Free course for NAHT members Keeping Children Safe in the Age of AI will help school leaders understand emerging digital risks and build effective safeguarding strategies in an increasingly AI-driven world. 📅 16 October 2026 ⏰ 9.30am to 12pm 💻 Online 👉 https://bit.ly/4vGnxba

📱 In case you missed it: our latest Leadership Focus feature explores the growing impact of smartphones on children, schools and school leaders. From tired pupils to online conflicts that spill into the school day, we examine the challenges and what's working. Read more 👇 https://bit.ly/4eOp9ug

Young people should be able to access pathways that reflect their strengths, interests and aspirations. Reforms must be developed with the profession, realistic about schools' capacity, and happen only once practicalities have been fully considered. https://bit.ly/4x7RFgI

Schools to offer pupils technical subjects from age 14 under Burnham reforms

The new Prime Minister said a shake-up is needed to to fix the ‘youth unemployment crisis’.

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Struggling with attendance gaps for disadvantaged or SEND learners? This course gives you practical, research-informed approaches to tackle difference and disadvantage - from working effectively with families to building a culture where every pupil feels they belong. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4u6RqBZ

🎙️ New podcast episode What is professional supervision and why are more school leaders turning to it for support? James Bowen - NAHT assistant general secretary - speaks to Faye McGuinness from Education Support about leadership challenges, reflection and support. 🎧 Listen: https://bit.ly/44Qtasj

Following Annual Conference in Belfast, Paul Whiteman - NAHT general secretary, reflects on the challenges facing school leaders, including funding, accountability, SEND reform and workload. Read Standing together this autumn: https://bit.ly/4wxydtm

Standing together this autumn

From the energy of the Annual Conference in Belfast to the challenges on the horizon, NAHT general secretary Paul Whiteman reflects on the shifting mood of a profession grappling with rising pressures...

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📚 What will the Children's Well-being and Schools Act mean for your school? Join Kelly Hannaghan on 7 October for a practical session exploring the key changes to attendance, safeguarding and child well-being, and how school leaders can respond. 🔗 Book now: https://bit.ly/4wodM1S

New statutory guidance on allergy safety in schools has been published. We've summarised the key changes, implementation dates and practical steps school leaders can take to prepare for requirements being introduced from September 2026 and 2027. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4bqYDFl

Congratulations to Lucy Powell on becoming education secretary and thanks to Bridget Phillipson for her commitment to schools. From funding and SEND to recruitment and Ofsted, fixing the challenges facing schools must also be a top priority for the new PM and chancellor shorturl.at/L4uSl

We congratulate Andy Burnham on becoming Prime Minister. His welcome commitment outside Downing Street to ‘investing in people’s success’ must start in childhood and in our schools. www.naht.org.uk/News/Latest-...

📢 Join the team at NAHT We're looking for a Specialist Assistant to support school leaders with expert advice and guidance on educational management, safeguarding and employment matters. 📆 Applications close on 23 July 2026. 🔗 Apply now: https://bit.ly/4aBPIQY #EducationJobs #SchoolLeadership

💼 Flexible working is becoming a bigger part of the conversation in education. Our latest Leadership Focus feature explores new guidance, upcoming changes and how school leaders are making flexibility work in practice.

Flexible working: what's changing?

Leadership Focus journalist Nic Paton explores the challenges and opportunities of flexible working in schools, as new government guidance encourages leaders to rethink how flexibility can support rec...

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Last chance to apply to join our friendly organising team! Are you any experienced trade union organiser looking for a new challenge? We're hiring across three regions in England - East Midlands, Eastern and South Central. Read more and apply by this Thursday 23 July 👉 https://bit.ly/4p9NLRH

⏰ Last chance to apply to join our team in Wales! We're looking for an individual with a strong track reord in advocacy, organising and negotiation with experience representing members in complex and difficult situations. Read more and apply by Wednesday 22 July 👉 https://bit.ly/3R8OjKS

AI-generated parent complaints are on the rise. Our online Complaints, Data and AI: From Conflict to Resolution session will help school leaders spot AI-generated correspondence, manage complex complaints lawfully and protect staff well-being 📅 29 September, 9:30am to 12pm 🔗 https://bit.ly/3SgN7p8

📊 Huge congratulations to children, teachers and school leaders on this year's Key Stage 2 SATs results. But the delay in releasing results has piled pressure on schools. NAHT will take part in the government's independent review and represent members' views. 👇 https://bit.ly/4f33s9Y

🎒 The meeting that wasn't planned. The safeguarding concern that can't wait. Our latest Leadership Focus feature explores school leaders' growing invisible workload and the emotional labour that often goes unseen. Read more 👇

The unseen burden: school leaders' invisible workload

School leaders are carrying an ever-growing ‘invisible workload’ of emotional labour, crisis management and unrecognised responsibilities that rarely feature in job descriptions. Leadership Focus jour...

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We're hiring organisers across three regions in England - East Midlands, Eastern and South Central. Candidates will have experience of membership recruitment and retention, casework, and delivering training for activists. Read more and apply by Thursday 23 July 👉 https://bit.ly/4p9NLRH

Looking for a new advocacy role in Wales? We're hiring for an individual with a background in employment, education or trade union law with strong experience of representation, organising and negotiation. Read more and apply by Wednesday 22 July 👉 https://bit.ly/3R8OjKS

It was an honour to march alongside fellow trade unions at Durham Miners' Gala at the weekend, and with our biggest delegation yet! School leaders from across all three nations joined us to celebrate the achievements of the labour movement. Want to join us next year? Save the date! 📆 10 July 2027

This harrowing testimony from school leaders about the impact of Ofsted’s revised inspection framework clearly shows it is continuing to cause real harm to the health and well-being of dedicated professionals 👉 https://bit.ly/3R7zdpd Ofsted must listen and act.

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Headteachers told ITV News the new Ofsted inspections system is still putting school staff under immense pressure. | ITV National News

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Yesterday, NAHT was honoured to attend the UK National Srebrenica Memorial Event at Church House in London. Remembering Srebrenica is our next NAHT president’s national charity. We are committed to working closely with them, supporting their mission to promote remembrance, education and unity.

It is vital the new prime minister shows sustained commitment to tackling disadvantage in all its forms and in all areas of the country. That must include sufficient investment in schools, including to fix the broken SEND system, as well as in social care and mental health. https://bit.ly/4plBMAG

Burnham's 'challenge' as pledge to halve schools disadvantage gap gets tougher

The achievement gap suffered by pupils from poorer backgrounds is wider than before the pandemic, a new report warns. Ministers have promised to halve it by the time children born under this governme...

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📱 How are smartphones affecting schools? Our latest Leadership Focus feature explores new research and school leaders' experiences of managing smartphone use, online conflict, children's well-being and digital safety.

Smartphones, schools and the struggle for balance

Leadership Focus journalist Nic Paton explores the growing debate around smartphones, social media and children’s well-being, and how school leaders are balancing online safety, behaviour, learning an...

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Children with medical conditions deserve safe, effective support that helps them access education and thrive. As schools face growing pressure to oversee complex healthcare arrangements, responsibilities must be clear. 🔗 Read more: https://bit.ly/4gvYl3k

Medical conditions guidance issued by NAHT union

Union offers own advice in absence of government guidance

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Do you have strong experience in advocacy and representation, organising and negotiation? We're looking for someone with a background in employment, trade union or education law to support members in Wales. Read more and apply by Wednesday 22 July 👉 https://bit.ly/3R8OjKS

Tes reports on NAHT's concerns that schools are increasingly being pressured to provide specialist healthcare support without the necessary expertise or resources. Our new guidance for members helps school leaders navigate this complex area. Read more 👇 https://bit.ly/4gw92Ts

Medical guidance published by heads’ union amid safety fears

The NAHT has published medical support guidance to help school leaders identify unsafe practices and challenge unreasonable expectations

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Every pupil should be able to access education and receive the support they need to thrive. New NAHT guidance for members on supporting pupils with medical conditions explains the legal framework and offers practical advice for school leaders. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4ycYQp9

📖 The latest issue of Leadership Focus explores the growing weight of school leadership. From invisible workload and flexible working to smartphones, social media and children's well-being, we examine the pressures facing school leaders today. Read the latest issue here: https://bit.ly/44Pvdga

Leadership Focus magazine: July 2026

Interactive features on some of the most pressing issues facing school leaders today.

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