SATs results this year will be ‘useless’ and tests should be cancelled, say school leaders School leaders’ union NAHT publishes the results of a survey of its members on SATs in 2022. 18 March 2022
NAHT NI comments as holiday free school meals payment scheme at risk Commenting as the Department of Education (DE) say a scheme to pay for free school meals during all school holidays until 2025 cannot be guaranteed due to the lack of an executive, Dr. Graham Gault, director of school leaders’ union NAHT NI, said: 17 March 2022
NAHT comments on TUC poll on childcare costs 1 in 3 parents with pre-school children spend more than a third of their pay on childcare 17 March 2022
NAHT comments on NFER report into impact of Covid on primary school pupils’ progress Commenting on a new report by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER), looking at how primary school pupils’ progress was affected by Covid partial school closures, which finds that the youngest primary school pupils’ reading development was most affected by Covid shutdowns, Paul Whiteman, general secretary of school leaders’ union NAHT, said: 16 March 2022
NAHT comments on EEF research into improving pupil attendance Commenting as the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) publish new research that looks at how to improve pupil attendance, James Bowen, director of policy for school leaders' union NAHT, said: 16 March 2022