National Association of Head Teachers
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Jun- 2025 -16 JuneWorkforce
NAHT seeks support for strike ballot on Isle of Man
The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) has asked school leaders on the Isle of Man whether they support moving to a formal ballot for industrial action, following a breakdown in relations between their union and the island’s education department. According to the school leaders’ union, it is seeking support…
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9 JuneTeaching
Teacher numbers fall as NAHT warns of ‘severe’ recruitment crisis
The number of teachers in England has fallen for the second year running, prompting the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) to raise fresh warnings about a worsening recruitment and retention crisis in schools. According to new government figures published on 9 June, the total number of teachers dropped to…
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4 JuneWorkforce
Almost half of headteachers expect to cut roles next year, NAHT finds
Some 46% of headteachers anticipate having to reduce the number of teachers or teaching hours, and 80% expect to have to reduce the number of teaching assistants or teaching assistant hours over the next year, according to a survey from school leaders’ union NAHT. It also found that 98% of…
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May- 2025 -27 MayTeaching
NAHT welcomes 4% uplift in teacher salaries
The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) has welcomed the government’s announcement of a 4% pay uplift for all teaching staff salaries, and 3.2% for school support staff. It comes as the teachers’ pay review body has once again listened to the union’s evidence and recommended a pay award higher…
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8 MayWorkforce
NAHT initiates legal action against Ofsted over new inspection proposal
The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) has initiated legal action against Ofsted over the potential impact of its inspection proposals on the mental health and wellbeing of school leaders and staff. News comes after the union issued a claim for judicial review on Friday 2 May, ahead of its…
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2 MayTeaching
NAHT seeks answers over fate of extra Welsh education funding
Members of school leaders’ union NAHT fear additional funding received by the Welsh Government for education is not being spent on schools or even anything related to education. This so-called “consequential” money is triggered under the Barnett Formula by additional spending on education by the UK government, such as that…
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1 MayTeaching
School leaders quitting amid mental health toll, NAHT warns
Some 65% of school leaders say their mental health has been harmed in the previous 12 months, which has forced some to leave the profession, according to survey findings from the National Association of Head Teachers. NAHT’s findings come as the union prepares to debate the issue at its annual…
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Apr- 2025 -28 AprilTeaching
Schools unprepared to handle disruptive pupils, NAHT says
The National Association of Head Teachers has said that schools cannot address the root causes of disruptive behaviour from pupils alone, in response to the latest government exclusions data. According to this data, pupil suspensions and exclusions rose during the spring term compared with that of 2024, though there was…
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17 AprilWorkforce
NAHT Cymru: make teaching attractive to control supply teacher costs
NAHT Cymru is urging the Welsh government to prioritise restoring teaching as an attractive career proposition, in response to figures sourced by the Welsh Conservative which show 16 councils spent more than £78m on supply teachers in 2023/24. While the school leaders’ union concedes that schools will always require the…
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15 AprilWorkforce
Racist rhetoric ‘inevitably’ influences pupils, NAHT warns
The National Association of Head Teachers has warned that racist rhetoric in wider society inevitably influences school children, and has called for a “proactive, anti-racist approach to education”, including for all school staff to receive mandatory anti-racism training. It comes as the school leaders’ union has brought a motion to…
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