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Together against the far right.
💬 #NAHTBirmingham folks - your newsletter has landed!
Check your inbox to give it a read👀
It has a heads‑up about our meeting with Helen Ellis, which you definitely won’t want to miss, and lots about @togetheralliance.bsky.social - come along to rallies in Birmingham and London!
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The latest #NAHTSolihull branch newsletter is out now!
• local branch activity and upcoming meetings
• professional advice
• leadership updates and opportunities
💪 Empowering Solihull leaders.
📣 Strengthening our collective voice.
📬 Don’t miss it — check your inbox and give it a read!
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❤️✊ It’s #HeartUnions Week — celebrating the vital work unions do every day.
From protecting pay to standing up for fairness and respect, unions make work better for everyone.
Proud to stand with members and reps! 💙
#Solidarity
@naht.org.uk
The NAHT 2026 Regional Roadshow is coming this spring, with essential sessions on SEND, Ofsted, parental complaints, employment rights and more.
📅 24 Feb – Birmingham; 25 Feb – Liverpool; 19 Mar – Norwich; 20 Mar – York; 24 Mar – Bristol; 25 Mar – London
👉 Book now https://bit.ly/4pMOV4c
Derek Gray receiving a Long Service certificate surrounded by NAHT officials and staff
At a civic reception in the council chambers, we celebrated Derek Gray's 90th birthday, and his 40 years of service as an @naht.org.uk official in #NAHTStokeOnTrent.
Still serving on two governing bodies, and providing support and advice to school leaders, his commitment to education is unwavering.
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Are you a member in #NAHTWarwickshire? Your spring newsletter has just arrived in your inbox.
News from the branch and region.
📌 Regional Roadshow in Birmingham
🎖️ Meet our president Angi Gibson
Don't miss your chance to make your voice heard!
International #Holocaust Remembrance Day
Today is the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp in Poland.
It is commemorated annually as International #Holocaust Remembrance Day.
#NeverAgain #HolocaustRemembranceDay
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Are you a member in #NAHTWolverhampton? Your spring newsletter has just arrived in your inbox.
News from the branch and region, and info on our meetings.
📌 Regional Roadshow in Birmingham
💬 Parental Complaints
🎖️ Meet our president Angi Gibson
Don't miss your chance to make your voice heard!
NAHT is part of the Together Alliance.
Learn more and look out for details in your West Midlands branch newsletter!
NAHT Regional Roadshow
Tuesday 24 February
Birmingham
Booking is now open
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/regional-r...
Places are limited, so booking early is advised
School leaders, educators, policy professionals, chairs of governors/trustees.
See your member email!
@naht.org.uk
Sales and Retention Executive Paul Gosling at the NAHT stand at the 3-18 Trust conference
NAHT West Midlands was at the 3-18 Trust conference in Telford yesterday. We spoke to existing members, and signed up new members.
Support for our #Ofsted campaign for fairer, safer inspection was strong.
Life Members' Sector Council with OFSTED placards. Act now for Fairer, Safer Inspection
Our Life Members' Sector Councillors show support for our #OFSTED campaign.
Act NOW for fairer, safer inspection.
features.naht.org.uk/ofsted/
Join NAHT's WhatsApp channel and watch NAHT policy officer, Andy Walls, gave evidence to the Education Select Committee this morning on the #RAAC crisis and the need for further funding to make our school buildings safe.
whatsapp.com/channel/0029...
Happy Half-Term on a background of autumnal leaves
Education Support NAHT Helpline 0800 917 4055
A very happy and well deserved half-term to all our members across the West Midlands.
Please try to find time to switch off, and make time for friends and family.
If you need someone to talk to, you can call our partners, Education Support, who will take time to listen to you.
Happy Diwali Greeting with lanterns and candles
As many of our members and communities in the West Midlands celebrate this week, we wish you a very Happy Diwali!
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West Midlands Regional Executive members with Ofsted posters. Act now for fairer, safer inspection.
Our West Midlands Regional Executive met this week and discussed the strength of feeling about the flawed #Ofsted framework.
Our members' voices are being heard by employers; inspection can be high risk to individual safety - Ofsted's own report commissioned from Education Support makes it clear.
Ofsted Meeting Fairer and safer inspection for schools
Thanks to everyone who joined us for our West Midlands #Ofsted Campaign update yesterday, with General Secretary Paul Whiteman and President Angi Gibson.
We must take collective action for fairer and safer inspection.
Don't forget to write to your employer about Ofsted! (See your NAHT email!)
NAHT stand at Birmingham School School Business Managers' Conference
OFSTED. Act now for fairer, safer inspection.
We were at the BASBM Conference today (Birmingham School Business Managers).
We talked to members and recruited new ones.
SBMs have a pivotal role in Ofsted inspections and the new flawed framework will impact them too.
ACT NOW and write to your employer: www.naht.org.uk/Inspectionan...
NAHT Stand at the Staffordshire conference, with Steve and Martin, local reps
At the "Shared Ambition for Education Staffordshire" conference today!
Steve, our #NAHTStaffordshire branch secretary, and his colleague Martin, are on the hunt for new recruits, and available to have a catch-up with existing members.
Join the biggest school leaders' union!
www.naht.org.uk/joinus
If you have previously registered (before lunchtime today) please be aware that we have had to issue a new link because of sheer numbers of people wanting to attend.
If you register again, using the form above, you'll get the new link to join.
1 HOUR TO GO... until our Ofsted briefing (4pm) with General Secretary Paul Whiteman and National President Angi Gibson.
Join over 2400 members serving almost 900,000 pupils. Let's get this final message out to members to attend this important event.
Register now:
forms.office.com/e/YXmyZ00H6A
🔔 Don't forget to register for our members' meeting with the general secretary on Tuesday 16, 4-5pm.
We will be discussing our next steps with regard to Ofsted's revised framework and taking questions from members.
Check your email for a link to join.
Cover of NAHT EDI Calendar for 2026
Our #EDI calendar for 2026 is now available if you're planning school events for next year.
Noting holidays, events and celebrations helps create workplaces, schools and communities where everyone feels included.
(Our 2025 calendar is also still available!)
www.naht.org.uk/Our-Prioriti...
NAHT stand at the Inspire Education Trust conference
A new term is a great time to join @naht.org.uk, the biggest School Leaders' Union!
At Inspire Education Trust's conference today
#NAHTWarwickshire #NAHTCoventry
Be part of an ever-growing professional community and have your voice heard at a regional and national level:
naht.org.uk/joinus today!
Join today and receive a £100 M&S voucher for you, plus an Eyesight Report worth £300 for your school
📅 New school year, new union!
👉 If you are in a leadership role, and want to move to the UK's largest School Leaders' Union now is a great time!
💷 This £100 voucher offer is only available until Monday 1 September, so don't miss out...
membership.naht.org.uk/flash-sale/?...
Leadership Focus The Magazine for NAHT Members Issue 102 August 2025
The latest issue of your member magazine, #LeadershipFocus, is out now.
Read updates and articles on:
💹 The hidden costs of running schools
🧠 #SchoolLeaders' #MentalHealth
🟰 The work of our #Equality reps
🖥️ Schools in the #Digital Crossfire
👆 Click to read:
features.naht.org.uk/leadership-f...
We've just released an update on the STRB's new remit and the outcome of our talks with DfE around the problems many people are having with the PE and Sport Premiums form.
This content is only available on our WhatsApp Channel - instructions on how to join are here: bit.ly/3TmBZUX
"Schools' out!" written on a chalkboard on a beach
😎 With many West Midlands schools breaking up today, we'd like to wish members all the best for the summer break!
(Small print:
📆 a few schools continue next week
😉 we appreciate you'll be working for a while yet, and will perhaps need to be back before term starts)
But enjoy it when it comes! 😎
Schools in the digital crossfire. A man looking stressed at a computer, dealing with multiple tasks.
From online abuse to artificial intelligence, journalist Nic Paton explores how schools are navigating the promises – and perils – of a hyperconnected world.
Read this special @naht.org.uk feature now!
features.naht.org.uk/schools-in-t...
Watch now. Exclusive WhatsApp channel content. Parental Complaints with James Bowen, NAHT assistant general secretary
📢 Our new @naht.org.uk WhatsApp channel is LIVE now!
✨ It has exclusive content only available by joining! It's free and easy - just click this link on your phone: bit.ly/4nGKloc
