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Welcome
SHA - A manifesto for secondary schools and colleges
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The Secondary Heads Association (SHA) is the professional association for members of leadership teams in secondary schools and colleges. All members of the leadership team are eligible for SHA membership: thus SHA includes heads, deputy heads and the relatively new grade of assistant head, as well as senior teachers, and is expanding its membership steadily. At present there are over 11,000 members.
SHA’s mission is to act as a professional association for members of the senior management team, and also to function as a trade union.
As a professional association, SHA is the voice of secondary school and college leaders, advocating a range of policies and contributing constructively to the national education debate. The SHA paper on Intelligent Accountability (March 2003), for example, has pointed the direction in which government policy on secondary education must move in the future.
SHA offers leadership and management training, for its own members and for others involved in the secondary education field. This training comprises professional development through short courses; programmes to assist deputy and assistant heads towards headship; and a fully fledged consultancy service which will assist both members and school governors with any issues identified as needing professional support, including a headship appointments service. SHA also has its own specialist consultants.
As a trade union, SHA offers members work-related and legal support and, to this end, there is a dedicated team of professionals who operate a helpline with emergency cover at weekends. There are regionally based field officers, who can provide direct personal advice and support, as well as access to one of Britain’s leading firms of specialist education solicitors.
SHA is run by members for members. It provides the leadership team with day to day practical support. The leaders of SHA are practising professionals who speak with authority, and who influence local and national government policies, representing a network of colleagues who share experience and solve problems.
SHA also produces nationally-recognised publications on up-to-date and wide-ranging educational subjects, which are both authoritative and practical. Members are kept up-to-date by these publications, as well as by monthly mailings, which include a newsletter. There is a website which is updated regularly (www.sha.org.uk).
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