National Association of Head Teachers

{{Short description|British trade union}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox union | name = NAHT | location = United Kingdom | affiliations = {{hlist|TUC|GFTU}} | num_members = {{increase}} 49,785 (2024)<ref>{{cite web |title=NAHT AR21 Form for year ended 31 December 2024 |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/685a6afad47a7a696d09fdbc/NAHT_AR21_2024.pdf|website=GOV.UK |access-date=11 September 2025}}</ref> | leader_title = General Secretary | leader_name = Paul Whiteman | full_name = National Association of Head Teachers | logo = National Association of Head Teachers logo.png | logo_size = 250x250px | founded = {{start date and age|1897|03|27}} | merged_into = | headquarters = Centenary House, 93-95 Borough High Street, London, SE1 1NL | website = [https://www.naht.org.uk/ naht.org.uk] | footnotes = }} The '''NAHT''' is a trade union and professional association representing more than 49,000 members in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Members hold leadership positions in early years; primary; special and secondary schools; independent schools; sixth form and FE colleges; outdoor education centres; pupil referral units, social services establishments and other educational settings.

The union was founded in 1897 as the '''National Federation of Head Teachers' Associations'''.<ref>Chris Cook, ''The Routledge Guide to British Political Archives: Sources since 1945'', p.337</ref> In 1906, it became the '''National Association of Head Teachers''', from the initials of which its current name derives.<ref>{{cite web |title=National Association of Head Teachers, 1969-1976 |url=https://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/NAH |website=Modern Records Centre |publisher=University of Warwick |access-date=29 March 2023}}</ref>

The union's membership grew from just over 1,000 in 1898 to 10,000 in 1947, and 20,000 by the 1980s. For many years, membership was restricted to headteachers, but deputy headteachers were admitted from 1985, and assistant headteachers from 2000.<ref>National Association of Head Teachers, "[https://www.naht.org.uk/About-Us/Our-history History]"</ref>

==General Secretaries== :1897: J. Edwards<ref name="fifty">National Association of Head Teachers, ''The First Fifty Years''</ref> :1901: E. F. Farthing<ref name="fifty" /> :c.1915: Dougherty<ref name="fifty" /> :c.1921: H. J. Jackson<ref name="fifty" /> :1928: R. J. Shambrook<ref name="fifty" /> :1930: Thomas Tibbey<ref name="fifty" /> :1934: Gordon Barry<ref name="fifty" /> :1952: William J. W. Glossop :1966: Robert Cook :1978: David Hart :2005: Mick Brookes :2010: Russell Hobby :2017: Paul Whiteman

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.naht.org.uk NAHT website] {{Portal|Organized labour}} {{Trades Union Congress}} {{Authority control}}

Category:Education trade unions Category:Trade unions in the United Kingdom Category:1897 establishments in the United Kingdom Category:Educational organizations established in 1897 Category:Trade unions based in West Sussex Category:Trade unions affiliated with the Trades Union Congress