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NASUWT Working for School Leaders (PDF 69KB)

The NASUWT works at school, local and national level to ensure that the interests of school leaders are represented effectively and that their specific needs and concerns are reflected in the development of its policy and its advice and guidance.

While all teachers working in all sectors of the education system across the United Kingdom face many common challenges, the NASUWT understands that school leaders continue to face particular issues as a result of their distinctive role in leading teaching and learning in schools and colleges. 

England and Wales

Tackling the workload of headteachers and ensuring that their status and professional rights and entitlements are protected and enhanced remain key priorities for the NASUWT. In England and Wales, the contractual changes heralded by the National Agreement, Raising Standards and Tackling Workload, and the workforce remodelling agenda are creating the opportunities to transform approaches to the organisation and deployment of the workforce to provide the scope for schools leaders to focus on their core professional responsibilities. 

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Scotland and Northern Ireland

The concerns of school leaders in Scotland and Northern Ireland are equally as important in light of ongoing plans for significant curricular and structural reforms in both nations. The NASUWT’s work in Scotland and Northern Ireland, while reflecting the particular circumstances and context of the education systems in each nation, is based on an understanding of the urgent need to drive down school leader workload and remodel the school workforce.

Links to the NASUWT’s most recent policy and guidance materials focused on school leadership can be found on this page. These materials highlight the Union’s position as the leading trade union for school leaders as they all reflect and address the direct experiences and concerns of its members. It is only through the active participation of members that the Union’s vital work on behalf of school leaders can be sustained. By taking advantage of the many opportunities to get involved in the work of the NASUWT, school leader members will ensure that their Union can continue to protect and advance their interests and those of their colleagues.

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