The Headteacher Reference Groups advise on the potential impact of policies on primary and secondary education, including any barriers to implementation. The Group supports policy development and implementation across the Department for Education (DfE) by contributing views and providing feedback to ministers and officials.
Professional Memberships
In April 2019, Gavin Hosford was granted a Fellowship of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.
The Chartered College of Teaching succeeds the College of Teachers, which was previously the body that held the Royal Charter for the teaching profession.
The Chartered College is an autonomous member-driven organisation, established to promote the learning, improvement and recognition of the art, science and practice of teaching for the public benefit.
Covering all phases of education and subject specialisms, the Chartered College connects a diverse community of teachers to share ideas and knowledge and provide an independent, authoritative voice for the teaching profession.
The British Educational Leadership, Management and Adminstration Society (BELMAS) has celebrated over 40 years as an independent voice supporting quality education through effective leadership and management. Ideas and practice, and the relationship between them, are what interest us. Our members are a mixture of practitioners in schools, colleges and universities and working academics, encouraging a unique perspective which brings together the theoretical and the practical and encourages stimulating debate at our conferences and events.
BELMAS members work as school or college leaders and academic leadership and policy researchers mostly throughout the UK but also in 75 different countries around the world. We are united by a common interest in how research and evidence can inform and enhance practice.
The majority of our members are either school leaders or academics. Others work in leadership roles in local authorities and further education colleges, or are research students. We actively welcome new members who share our interests and would like to join our community to research, share or disseminate knowledge and good practice. We encourage this by waiving fees for the first year for all new members.
The Chartered Management Institute is an accredited professional institution for management based in the United Kingdom.
The CMI is the only chartered professional body that is dedicated to management and leadership. They are committed to raising the performance of business by championing management.
The CMI do this through supporting and advising individuals and organisations, or through engaging policy makers and key influencers in government and the management profession.
The Institute for Learning (IfL) is the professional body for teachers, tutors, trainers and student teachers working in further education (FE) and skills.
IfL is the independent, member-led professional body for individual teachers, trainers, tutors, assessors and other professionals working in the further education (FE) and skills sector.
IfL was created in 2002 by teachers, unions and employer bodies as an independent practitioner-led professional body. IfL continues to support teachers and trainers through professional body membership.
NCTL improve the quality of the education workforce (teachers) and help schools to help each other improve. NCTL works with schools to develop an education system supported locally by partnerships and led by the best headteachers.
NCTL is recognised around the world as a centre for excellence in leadership development, building on success in England to develop professional leadership programmes overseas for: education ministries, universities, school networks and the private sector.