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Coaching and wellbeing for teachers and school leaders

31 March 2020

Wellbeing has become a key priority for many schools in the UK. In response to this, coaching is increasingly being employed as a CPD strategy to support staff. Helen Webb discusses the ways coaching can be used to improve staff wellbeing

Saving time: Effective and efficient CPD

25 February 2020

Time is our most precious commodity and it is often in short supply. In this five-part series, Adam Riches looks at how we can change common practices to help save time and improve teaching and learning. Part two focuses on effective CPD sessions that can reduce workload

Teacher wellbeing: With you, for you, about you...

12 February 2020

Professional development is the thread running through one school’s innovative retention and wellbeing strategy. Yvonne Gandy finds out more

Retention: The vital role of teacher autonomy

5 February 2020

Evidence is emerging showing the strong link between teacher autonomy, job satisfaction and retention rates in schools. Michelle Barker considers four new research findings

A word for and from teachers with disabilities

22 January 2020

What does your school do to support its teachers with disabilities? Mark Lyn is conducting research into the barriers disabled staff face and what best practice in schools might look like

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NQT Special: Protecting yourself

19 November 2019

Your wellbeing as an NQT is vital and you should be learning now the habits that will sustain you through a long and successful teaching career. As part of SecEd's autumn 2019 NQT special edition, Sophie Howells offers some advice and encouragement

Chickens. candles and staff wellbeing

19 November 2019

If we cultivate freedom and innovation, teacher performance will soar – and this culture begins with middle leaders (as well as with chickens and candles). Peter Radford explains

Staff wellbeing: 36 ideas for your school

22 October 2019

How can we ensure the teachers in our school are engaged, motivated and committed to remaining in the profession? Peter Radford offers 36 actions school leaders can take

Data, workload & accountability: Embracing ‘managed ambiguity’

9 October 2019

Schools should rethink their approaches to monitoring and evaluation and move away from meaningless and highly processed data in order to ease the work and accountability load. Chris Read looks at principles of how data should be used...

Some early career TLC

9 October 2019

Drawing on research findings can help schools to nurture and support teachers who are in the early stages of their careers. Roger Purdy explains his school’s approach

Keeping your early career teachers

18 September 2019

Amid the challenges of teacher recruitment, the retention of early career teachers has become even more crucial for schools. Matt Walker and Suzanne Straw consider how the teaching profession can effectively support and retain early career teachers

Is your school family-friendly?

11 September 2019

Research has identified flexible and part-time working as being one of the keys to the recruitment and retention crisis in schools. Drawing on her own experience, Amy Benziane considers how schools can – and must – become more family friendly...

Flexible and part-time working in practice

3 July 2019

England’s schools need more teachers each year, especially in secondary schools where pupil numbers are forecast to rise by 15 per cent over the next decade. Caroline Sharp looks at how increasing part-time and flexible working opportunities could help keep teachers in the profession – and in your ...

NQT Special Edition: What support can you expect to receive?

5 June 2019

As the summer approaches, trainee teachers' thoughts will be turning to September and their NQT year. Dr Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney offer their advice to new teachers and remind us of the support they should receive

Part-time working: Making it work

9 January 2019

Part-time and flexible working could become a vital tool if we want to retain secondary teachers in the profession in the coming years. Jens Van den Brande looks at the evidence

SSAT National Conference: From workload and creativity to AI and Lesson Study

9 January 2019

From advice on tackling workload and a call to arms about the importance of ideas and creativity in education to sessions on Lesson Study and AI, Dorothy Lepkowska and Pete Henshaw report from SSAT’s National Conference

Take back control of your teaching workload

5 December 2018

There are steps teachers can take to win back control of their workload and achieve some work/life balance. Julian Stanley advises

Flexible working: A case study

28 November 2018

Flexible working isn’t possible in schools – or is it? Imogen Rowley looks at one school that’s made flexible working a success, and offers advice for how you can too

NQT Special: Tips for surviving your NQT year

28 November 2018

Learning how to say ‘no’, set boundaries and look after yourself is crucial to surviving as a teacher, especially in your first years at the chalkface. Julian Stanley offers some advice

A third of staff are stressed: What can be done?

7 November 2018

This year’s Teacher Wellbeing Index highlights continuing problems with stress. Julian Stanley looks at the findings and asks what government should be doing...

Poetic inspiration for new teachers

30 August 2018

To Learn the Future – an anthology of poetry aimed at new teachers – is hoping to inspire and support those at the beginning of their careers. Sam Phipps explains

Effective support staff CPD

4 July 2018

Many schools neglect CPD for pupil-facing support staff, despite the clear impact it could have on student outcomes. Maria Cunningham advises

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Nurturing tomorrow’s school leaders

16 May 2018

Good leadership development practice is crucial – both for the education system as a whole and for the retention of teachers. Jason Wing explains his approach

Recruitment: Chemistry, character and trust

7 March 2018

Educating Greater Manchester’s Drew Povey explains to Liam Donnison how chemistry, character and trust plays a part in the recruitment and retention of teachers

Leadership & staff retention: Improving recruitment and retention (part 5)

31 January 2018

Our five-part series on the links between leadership approaches and staff retention and recruitment comes to a close. In the fifth and final part, Matt Bromley looks at what must change both system-wide and within schools if we are to end the recruitment and retention crisis