PT and beyond - in Primary, ELC and ASN schools. We have the lowest membership fees of any school leadership union in the UK.

AHDS Membership

We offer members a range of personal and professional benefits in addition to the support, advice and representation that you would expect of your union.

Key Benefits:

  • Professional Advice
  • Information & Guidance
  • Continuous Support
  • Wesleyan Webinars
  • Member Insurances
  • Quarterly Magazines
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CLPL

AHDS strives to provide the best in CLPL for members – timely, relevant and high quality. All our forthcoming opportunities are shown below. Remember, you can speed up your booking process by logging in to ‘My AHDS’ first.

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41.3%

growth in 5 years

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80%

of primary HTs in membership

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4,057 Hours

support and advice to members in the last year

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Lowest cost school leadership union in the UK

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Support

We provide professional advice and support that is second to none. Our team is arranged on a geographical basis. All of our Area Officers have walked in your shoes and sat in your chair – former HTs with a wealth of experience to share.

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We always want to hear from members. Please contact HQ on info@ahds.org.uk or call us on 07709 126328.

Latest News

View our most recent news and insights below.

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June 2025

2025 workload survey highlights chronic underinvestment in ASN

The AHDS annual workload survey ran for the tenth time in 2025. It has been completed by over 1000 school…
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June 2025

SNCT Teachers' Side declares a formal dispute about the lack of progress with commitment to reduce teacher contact time

Update: In response to there being no progress on delivery of the Government's commitment to reduce teacher contact time, on…
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December 2024

Revised (and much shortened) National Improvement Framework published

The Scottish Government published a new version of the National Improvement Framework today. In place of a document which was…