Coronavirus guidance and FAQs
NEU advice to members on safety and other matters – now including advice on supporting members with long Covid
The National Education Union is the largest education union in Europe. School leaders and college managers are vital to the NEU as they are in a strong position to influence and implement policy. The union sees the great value of supporting and helping to develop ethical leaders who lead and shape the future of education.
The NEU understands the complex and professionally demanding work done by school leaders and college managers. We offer advice that will assist leaders in finding their way through these challenges. We support leaders to stand together with other educational professionals to inform NEU policy that benefits teaching and learning and the education system. Are you a school leader and not yet and NEU member? See benefits of joining NEU as a school leader.
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Advice for school leaders
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Directed Time
How many hours you should be at work and available for work. Calculate directed time for your workplace.
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Empowering and developing middle leaders
Heads of department, curriculum leaders, SENCOs and NQT mentors flourish in their roles when they are provided with adequate time, development opportunities and collaborative support.
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Advice 
Pay for leadership teachers
The most common queries NEU members have on pay for leadership teachers in schools and academies.
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Advice 
Pay progression for school leaders
This guide gives advice to leaders on how their pay progression system works.
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Advice 
Managing Health and Safety
This briefing considers the management of health and safety in schools and colleges and the respective roles of the employer, governing body, head teacher and other staff of the school.
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Domestic abuse and the workplace – leaders checklist
A guide for leaders on how to tackle domestic violence and the workplace
Resources for school leaders
Headteacher and NEU president, Robin Bevan, presents in this video, the Code of Ethical Leadership in Practice and gives examples of how he has used it in his school context. Click here to download the guide.
These resources aim to help develop and assist your thinking as a leader and your approach to leadership, applying the NEU’s principles of ethical leadership.
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Leadership
Your contract of employment
The contract of employment is the basis of the relationship between employer and employee. When disagreement arises the terms of the contract and evidence that they apply are very important.
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Leadership
Managing your staffing structure
Managing your staffing structure in the right way is one of the toughest challenges school and college leaders face.
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Leadership
Safer social networking
To help NEU Leadership members review their school or college’s policy on social networking and avoid the potential pitfalls of use of social media.
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Leadership
Effective campaigning as a school or college leader
As a school or college leader, you occupy a position which can allow you to make your voice heard in support of good causes, whether educational or wider community issues.
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Leadership
Complaints against you
It is essential that every establishment has a clear, robust complaints policy that allows complaints to be the subject of fair and thorough investigation.
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Leadership
Leadership pay
Many school leaders will face difficulties in securing pay progression, while college leaders will face constraints across the board due to funding pressures.
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Leadership
Health and Safety Benchmarking
This assessment tool was drawn up by the Further Education Safety & Health (FESH) forum to provide education institutions with a strategy to help them meet their health and safety responsibilities
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Leadership
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Leadership
NEU leadership magazine
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Lead Spring 2022
Your Spring 2022 edition of Lead: Pension changes - TPS updates; replace Ofsted - for a fairer system; disability discrimination - one teacher's battle; post-Covid teaching - become trauma-inform
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Lead Autumn 2021
Your Autumn edition of Lead - Lorna Jackson on anti-racist education; time's up for Ofsted; managing mental health; social media savvy.
Get involved
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NEU Leadership on Guild
Join the NEU's Leadership member community to offer and seek support, share best practice and shape the future of education.
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National CPD
We believe that members should have a contractual right to CPD with control over its content and dedicated time to research, learn with colleagues and to innovate.
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Replace Ofsted
Teachers and leaders work under the shadow cast by Ofsted. An unfair and unreliable inspectorate.