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!

❤️✊ 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

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.

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!

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

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

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.

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...

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.

As many of our members and communities in the West Midlands celebrate this week, we wish you a very Happy Diwali! 🕯️

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.

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!)

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...

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

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.

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...

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!

📅 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/?...

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

😎 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! 😎

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...

📢 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

We're at the National #Governance Conference in Birmingham today! Governors are the largest volunteer force in the UK, and play a vital role in supporting and advocating for schools and their leaders. Come and say Hi to Leon if you're attending!

In the West Midlands, we stand in full solidarity with NAHT Isle of Man members as they ballot for industrial action against the victimisation of union officials. An attack on one is an attack on all. Stay strong — your fight is our fight. ✊🏻 #Solidarity @naht.org.uk #IsleOfMan

#NAHTWolverhampton Branch Meeting: Wednesday 9 July 2025 5.30pm St Luke's Primary School or on Teams Keep up to date and raise local issues. New attendees are very welcome. Contact [email protected] for details and the link.

Today is a little different, as our #LGBT+Network has managed to wrestle* the BlueSky password from our social media team. We'll be posting throughout the day as we head to #PrideInLondon and march with our #NAHTPride banner. Please say hello if you see us in person, and like and repost here!

Great to meet so many people in Cradley Heath today and commemorate the women who fought for - and won - the first national minimum wage! #WomenChainmakersFestival Our wildflower seeds will now grow into people's gardens right across #NAHTSandwell! @naht.org.uk

Great to meet so many current members - and sign up lots of new ones! - in #NAHTWolverhampton today! @naht.org.uk

West Midlands @naht.org.uk were welcomed over the border into the East Midlands today. We marched with our sister trade unions at Derby Silk Mill to remember the workers locked out by exploitative employers in 1833/4 for not accepting a pay cut and not renouncing their rights to be a TU member.

Celebrating our amazing School Business Leaders! Gemma is an SBL in #NAHTSolihull - our branch treasurer - and she just recently went to our Annual Conference to have her voice heard at the heart of policy making. @naht.org.uk is the home of the best support and advice for SBLs.

A very happy Eid to all members in the West Midlands observing and celebrating the festival today and over the weekend. Best wishes to you, your families and friends.

Are you a member in #NAHTWarwickshire? Your summer newsletter has just arrived in your inbox. News from the branch and region, and opportunities to join free sessions on: 💬 Difficult Conversations 🧠 AI in schools ✅ SEND Don't miss your chance to make your voice heard!

Staffroom packs on their way to all schools in the Diocese of Hereford MAT! Unions have signed a comprehensive Trade Union Recognition Agreement (TURA) with the employer today, and the employer will be contributing to facilities arrangements.

We’re proud to support our LGBT+ network, led by and for our LGBT+ members to connect, share and drive change. This #Pride season, we’ll be actively promoting the network, encouraging more LGBT+ members to get involved and be part of the community. www.naht.org.uk/LGBTPlusNetw...

If you are on your half-term break this week, please try to switch off - even for a bit - and spend time with family and friends. If you need to talk to someone, please call our Adviceline 0300 30 30 333, or chat to Education Support on 0800 917 4055.

Our West Midlands regional executive met in a new venue in Birmingham this morning. A different venue, but the issues in our 14 branches remain the same and underline how important our six campaign priorities are... Get involved: www.naht.org.uk/Our-Prioriti...

Member in #NAHTBirmingham? A reminder that your branch meeting is on THURSDAY 22 May 2025 (4.30pm) at Edgbaston Community Centre. Refreshments are provided and we'd love to see you. (You can also join online from the link in the reminder email)

Member in #NAHTWolverhampton? Your branch secretary, Mick Murphy, has just sent your summer branch newsletter to your inbox. Lots of updates and information, including on our #PriorityCampaigns, and your next chance to meet your branch executive locally.

Don't forget that our Summer CPD programme is up and running. Sessions on: 🧠 AI 💷 Finance 😊 Wellbeing 💬 Difficult Conversations 🧩 SEND amongst many others! Book your places now! www.naht.org.uk/courses Not an @naht.org.uk member yet? Want to be? 👍🏿👍🏻👍🏽👍🏻 Joining offers: www.naht.org.uk/joinus

All best wishes to pupils and staff right across the West Midlands who are taking and administering Y6 #SATs this week. Members will know that we continue to make the case for fairer accountability measures - join @naht.org.uk and add your #voice to our campaign: www.naht.org.uk/joinus

If you're a member in #NAHTWorcestershire or #NAHTWalsall, your branch newsletter is in your inbox now! A free session on #AI and its impact on schools coming up, as well as our regional #SENCO Network. Lots of opportunity to learn, get involved and have your #Voice heard.

West Mids biggest ever delegation were in Harrogate at the weekend @naht.org.uk Annual Conference. We proposed/seconded 12 motions and spoke to many more. Conference makes our policy, shapes our work and celebrates our successes. Get involved at branch level and make your #Voice heard! #NAHTConf

A very Happy Easter to all members and their families and friends who are celebrating today.

🗨️ Annual Conference is coming up! 🏃🏻‍♀️‍➡️👨🏻‍🦽‍➡️🚶🏻‍➡️🕺🏻 54 delegates from your 14 branches will assemble in Harrogate on 2 May to discuss @naht.org.uk work for the year ahead. 🗓️ ☑️ Want to have your say and shape the way your branch delegation votes? 📩 Check your inbox for how to have your voice heard!