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.

[1] In 1906, it became the National Association of Head Teachers, from the initials of which its current name derives.

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