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A looming crisis caused by the failure to recruit more headteachers is reaching a flashpoint as it is revealed that up to 1,000 schools have started the new school year without a permanent head according to the Guardian. The NAHT have told ministers in the DCSF they must act now to avert a potential disaster.  [...]

Up to 55% of headteachers could retire within four years, according to the government’s chief adviser on school leadership who says schools are facing a “demographic time bomb” in the staff room. Some schools may consider employing heads who have no experience of teaching in order to fill posts, said Steve Munby, head of the [...]

Schools which most successfully revive after being labelled failures have strong leadership, self-knowledge and sense of identity, Ofsted says. The report is based on 14 schools in England previously deemed to require special measures. When re-inspected they were showing continuous improvement. “The schools became successful in unlocking the potential of all groups of pupils and [...]

A package of measures designed to help headteachers get support for struggling pupils, and ease some of the workload burden, was outlined Beverley Hughes on Friday. The Government wants to support headteachers by reducing the pressure on schools, enable heads to share responsibility with other professionals such as health and youth workers, and achieve the [...]

For anyone considering taking part in the NPQH next year as preparation for becoming a headteacher there are some changes ahead. The NCSL website explains: Since the National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH) was last updated in 2001, the role of headteachers has become much more diverse and demanding. To reflect this, NPQH has been [...]

New guidelines draw up require head teachers to have a healthy lunch box policy with details on what makes a nutritional packed lunch. A template policy, linked to the guidelines, bans snacks like crisps and chocolate, and suggests packed lunches are “regularly reviewed”. Head of the ASCL teaching union John Dunford said policing the contents [...]

On Tuesday 22nd January, Teachers TV broadcasts School Matters: CRB – Checks and Balances an investigation into the impact of the Criminal Records Bureau. Since launch in 2002, the CRB has carried out over 14 million checks but according to some critics, these checks have made little improvement to children’s safety. This documentary considers whether [...]

Worry about staff recruitment was the main concern of secondary school headteachers last year, while their colleagues in primary education were more concerned about budgets, according to the results of an annual survey. The 2007 survey of trends in education, published by the NFER also revealed that more secondary school heads were worried about pupil [...]

Well here’s one way to make your lessons more interesting: Harry Potter has cast a spell over pupils at a once-failing school with Hogwarts-inspired lessons said to be behind a dramatic reversal in fortunes. Wizard-themed lessons are just one of the techniques woven into the curriculum at Robert Mellors Primary School, in Nottingham. Children dress [...]