The Secondary Heads Association (SHA)

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.