During these anxious and challenging times, increasing pressure is being put on schools. Here are some tips for staff working in schools, as well as advice on looking after your mental wellbeing whilst self-isolating
With a range of responsibilities, it’s important that boards consist of governors and trustees with varied skills and expertise. How can schools make sure they recruit the right people? Fiona Stagg advises
Lawyers Ian Deakin and Dai Durbridge answer questions about legal aspects of the recruitment process, including information requests, data retention, contracts and references
For your business management team to fulfil its potential, carrying out regular appraisal is vital. Nickii Messer provides a checklist of core issues to help you plan the process
Ensure that all staff, pupils and parents understand how to raise concerns through your whistleblowing policy, which you can tailor using our model document
Managing staff workload is an ongoing priority. Josephine Smith explains how senior leaders in her school used the DfE workload reduction toolkit to evaluate practices and the impact it had
