Leadership

Inspiring Futures through Learning (IFtL) multi-academy trust has further bolstered its central team with a number of key appointments. A new Head of Safeguarding, Health, Children & Families, a School Improvement Lead, a Digital Technology and Accessibility Lead, and IT Manager have all now taken up positions at the Trust, …

Headteachers experienced substantial increases in anxiety about work throughout the pandemic – with increases much greater than for more junior teaching staff – and with potential consequences for future recruitment of senior leaders, according to a new study by UCL researchers. Released today as an academic working paper, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, the …

Ysgol Bro Sannan in Aberbargoed has been removed from the list of schools in Wales “requiring significant improvement”. A recent inspection judged the school to have made sufficient progress in relation to the recommendations following the most recent core inspection. As a result, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and …

A new support scheme for school leaders is being launched by DfE today. The scheme will provide one-to-one counselling and peer group support to around 2,000 school leaders, helping those at deputy head level and above with their mental wellbeing. Education Support will deliver the new mental health support scheme …

A Coventry academy’s rapid improvement across all departments, since being established in 2015 has been highlighted – with hopes that the lessons it has learnt will support other schools converting to academy status. The Romero Catholic Academy, made up of seven primary schools and one secondary school based across Coventry, …

Jemma Sherwood has been appointed Senior Lead Practitioner for Mathematics at Ormiston Academies Trust, a brand-new role that will see her head up the team of regional lead practitioners and develop the Mathematics curriculum across the academies. An established figure in the education landscape and former Head of Mathematics, Jemma …

A fast growing multi academy trust has laid out its ambitions and priorities for the next five years, with a focus on delivering social justice and building an education system designed with the next 100 years in mind. Wellspring Academy Trust has launched its Vision 2025 – a manifesto for developing its community of schools and associated projects as an engine for social …

An organisation which aims to engender positive change in the promotion and teaching of anti-racism across East Anglian education has been launched. The East Anglia Anti-Racism Education Collective (EEAREC) will collaborate at a regional level to undertake and deliver anti-racist work across schools to benefit pupils and teaching staff. The …

Last week saw the launch of a new programme aimed at increasing the pool of future Directors of Children’s Services, supported by the Department for Education. The programme has been initiated in response to the DfE identifying significant challenges in attracting and retaining talented leaders in DCS roles. For example, …

Penguin and the National Literacy Trust have teamed up to launch a free teaching resource inspired by Michelle Obama’s bestselling memoir, Becoming, to boost secondary students’ literacy skills, leadership abilities and confidence: literacytrust.org.uk/becoming. Literacy levels and confidence amongst England’s young people is worryingly low. Last year, a third (36%) of …