❗ ASCL's president will today lambast the education secretary for promising 'parents a nutritious meal and 30 minutes of childcare', but expecting schools to deliver breakfast clubs 'for less than half the price of a Greggs sausage roll' #ASCL2025 buff.ly/yAM4fMl

Gain a greater understanding of how to lead on improving outcomes in your school, college or trust, how to prioritise intervention strategies, and identify if they are working (and what to do it they’re not). ℹ️ ascl.org.uk/addressingconf #ASCLImproveOutcomes #education

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An amazing event.

Welcome to today's Conference on Addressing Disadvantage in Education. We'll be hearing from expert speakers and practitioners who will share research and strategies to help leaders across all types of education settings address educational disadvantage. #ASCLImprovingOutcomes

If you're at #ASCLImprovingOutcomes today, make sure you spend time during the breaks with our fantastic exhibitors: Cornerstone VR CoachBright Edward Class, FlashAcademy , Pupil Pathways and School of Hard Knocks. Our thanks to Pupil Pathways for sponsoring the event breakfast.

We had a fantastic day filming with ASCL and Dr Rowley. The real stars were the children who did themselves and their school proud.

"Auto-enrolment is something ASCL and many other organisations have been calling for for some time, and has been shown to work well at a local level." Our full comment on Education Policy Institute calls for auto-enrolment for #freeschoolmeals: ow.ly/xBbe50W7FQW #education

#ASCLCouncil has now come to a close after 2 days of discussion around our main theme of fair, inclusive and appropriate mainstream education - how can we move towards it? We'll provide #ASCLmembers with an update shortly. Thanks to all involved and have a safe journey home.

Great teachers open our eyes to different ways to see, speak and think about the world. Thank you to all staff in our schools and colleges who do so much for children and young people and their communities. Say thank you today thankateacher.co.uk #ThankATeacherDay

"This would be an unprecedented step for ASCL & NAHT and underlines the strength of feeling about the proposed reforms. We very much hope this is not an action we have to take.” ICYMI: our joint letter on encouraging withdrawal of #Ofsted inspectors: ow.ly/qbIV50WfqYr

BREAKING: Over 200,000 British people Just signed a petition asking the Government to cancel Trump’s second state visit to the UK

Really looking forward to the staff training day in Leicester. A lovely opportunity to recognise the contributions of all the amazing people at ASCL.

This year's Tes SEND Show and #TesSENDShow2025 Leadership Summit is about to get underway - there's a real buzz at the NEC in Birmingham. If you're attending, do please come and say hello to Sean and Misbah at the ASCL stand in the Leadership Summit hall.

Teachers, not councils, will take a greater role in assessing children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), the Education Secretary has revealed in an interview with The i Paper ➡️ Read more: trib.al/lQ9b8BR

All schools will have to teach separate sciences at GCSE to boost social mobility, a key government review of the curriculum is due to announce next week thetimes.com/uk/education/a…

ASCL's Julia Harnden addresses delegates at today's #ASCLAutumnConfs in Taunton. Great to see so many colleagues engaging with the debates across the sector, and to have the most up-to-date response to the #Curriculum and #Assessment Review, published earlier today.

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It was a disappointing speech in all honesty. I can’t think of any school that has ‘low expectations’ for any child, yet our profession was accused of that today. Really hoped they wanted to work with our profession.

NEW: Former Ofsted Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman has launched a scathing attack on current inspector Sir Martyn Oliver in The Spectator. She claims Oliver “has little interest in education” and warns that “almost all real scrutiny” of what schools teach has been stripped back.