The group includes representatives from Essex County Council, the Association of Secondary Headteachers in Essex (ASHE), the Essex Primary Headteachers» Association (EPHA), Essex Special School Education Trust (ESSET) and the Diocese of Chelmsford Vine Schools Trust. (educationbusinessuk.net)
The NFER report Keeping Your Head: NFER Analysis of Headteacher Retention, found retention rates for primary headteachers fell from 94 per cent in 2012 to 92 per cent in 2015 and for secondary headteachers, retention fell from 91 per cent in 2012 to 87 per cent in 2015. (educationbusinessuk.net)
And that is a key reason that, although the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL)-- now merged as the National Education Union (NEU)-- have long opposed the tests, the main primary headteachers» union supports them. (tes.com)