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{{Short description|Professional association and trade union}}
{{no footnotes|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = Association of School and College Leaders
| image =
| formation = 2006
| purpose = Professional association and trade union for school and college leaders
| headquarters = Peat House, Waterloo Way, [[Leicester]], [[United Kingdom|UK]]
| region_served = [[UK]]
| membership = 25,000
| leader_title = General Secretary
| leader_name = Pepe Di'Iasio
| leader_title2 = President
| leader_name2 = John Camp OBE
| affiliations = [[Girls' Schools Association]] (GSA), [[Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference]] (HMC), School Leaders Scotland (SLS),The Society of Heads (SofH)
| website = [http://www.ascl.org.uk ascl.org.uk]
}}
The '''Association of School and College Leaders''' ('''ASCL'''), formerly the '''Secondary Heads Association''' ('''SHA'''), is a UK [[professional association]] and [[trade union]] for leaders of schools and colleges.
==History==
The '''Association of Head Mistresses''' ('''AHM''') was founded in 1874. The '''Headmasters' Association''' ('''HMA''') was founded in 1890. The Secondary Heads Association was formed in 1977 by the amalgamation of these two organisations. In 1983, [[Deputy head teacher|deputy heads]] were allowed to join, with other senior teaching staff following in the early 1990s and [[School business manager|business managers]] in 2005. By 2005, two-thirds of the membership were not heads but other senior staff, and the association also had a membership in the [[Further education|college sector]], so the name was changed in January 2006 to the current name.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ASCL - History of ASCL |url=https://www.ascl.org.uk/About-us/Who-we-are/History-of-ASCL |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=www.ascl.org.uk}}</ref>
==Membership==
The ASCL's membership is formed of headteachers, principals, deputy heads, vice-principals, assistant heads, assistant principals, business managers and other senior post holders in schools and colleges. There are also some members in other education posts of similar seniority. ASCL has accepted members from primary schools since July 2015. It has members in every type of school including community, foundation, trust, academy, voluntary, independent, grammar, comprehensive, and special schools, and also in [[Further Education|FE]] and [[Sixth form college|sixth form colleges]] both maintained and independent. It has at least one member from virtually all such schools and colleges, in the great majority including the headteacher or principal. Members in Wales and Northern Ireland are represented by ASCL Cymru and ASCL Northern Ireland respectively, and ASCL is affiliated to School Leaders Scotland (SLS).<ref>{{Cite web |title=ASCL - School Leaders Scotland (SLS) |url=https://www.ascl.org.uk/Membership/ASCL-UK/School-Leaders-Scotland-(SLS) |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=www.ascl.org.uk}}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}}
==Structure==
The Association of School and College Leaders has as its ruling body a group of elected members collectively known as council. It is at council that association policy is determined. It is from council that national officers, including the president, are elected.<br /><br />
The President, vice-president and Immediate Past President, collectively known as the Presidential trio, lead ASCL in conjunction with the General Secretary.  <br /><br />
Other senior staff include:
* Richard Tanton, Member Support Director.
* Julie McCulloch, Policy Director.
* Hayley Dunn, Finance and Governance Director.
* Kcarrie Valentine, Director of ASCL Professional Development
* Eithne Hughes, ASCL Cymru Director
* John Trueman, ASCL Northern Ireland Director
* Richard Bettsworth, Communications Director
There are 40 staff at the association's HQ in Waterloo Way, Leicester, and a further 48 across the UK.<br />
ASCL has a training section called ASCL Professional Development.
== Past Presidents of ASCL ==
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The current Presidential trio consists of John Camp (President),  Manny Botwe (vice-president) and Evelyn Forde (Immediate Past President).
ASCL Presidents:
* 2023/2024 John Camp
* 2022/2023 Evelyn Forde
* 2021/2022 Pepe Di'Iasio
* 2020/2021 Richard Sheriff
* 2019/2020 Rachael Warwick
* 2018/2019 Richard Sheriff
* 2017/18 Carl Ward
* 2016/17 Sian Carr
* 2015/16 Allan Foulds
* 2014/15 Peter Kent
* 2013/14 [[Ian Bauckham|Sir Ian Bauckham CBE]]
* 2012/13 Sir Michael Griffiths
* 2011/12 [[Joan McVittie|Dame Joan McVittie]]
* 2010/11 John Fairhurst
* 2009/10 John Morgan
* 2008/09 Jane Lees CBE
* 2007/08 [[Brian Lightman]]
* 2006/07 Malcolm Trobe CBE
* 2005/06 Sue Kirkham
==Affiliations==
ASCL has corporate membership agreements with [[Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference|HMC]], [[Girls' Schools Association|GSA]], SLS and SofH.
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.ascl.org.uk ASCL Official Site]
* [http://www.sls-scotland.org.uk SLS Official Site]
* [http://www.thesocietyofheads.org.uk SoH Official Site]
* [http://www.hmc.org.uk HMC Official Site]
* [https://gsa.uk.com GSA Official Site]
* [https://mrc.epexio.com/records/AHM Catalogue of the AHM archives], held at the [[Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick]]
* [https://mrc.epexio.com/records/HMA Catalogue of the HMA archives], held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick
===Video clips===
* [https://www.youtube.com/user/Jointheleaders ASCL YouTube channel]
* [https://vimeo.com/user35498372 ASCL Vimeo channel]
===News items===
* [https://schoolsweek.co.uk/ascl-base-ofsted-report-cards-on-slim-set-of-statutory-standards/ ASCL: Base Ofsted report cards on ‘slim set of statutory standards’]
* [https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/school-funding-crisis-to-increase-class-sizes Funding crisis ‘will increase class sizes’ in most schools]
* [https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/headteachers-warn-children-miss-class-32297124 Headteachers warn children miss class due to disputes between parents and schools]
* [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/government-geoff-barton-association-of-school-and-college-leaders-liverpool-munira-wilson-b2509767.html Government ‘must do better to ensure classrooms are fit for learning’]
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