Flexible working in our school
Emily Crow, deputy director at London South Teaching School Hub, shares Charles Dickens’ approach to flexible working and her experience of the benefits it has brought to the school community.
Flexible working
How school leaders can build a flexible working culture
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Asma Maqsood-Shah, Posted on:
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Flexible working, Primary schools, Teacher wellbeing
Asma Maqsood-Shah, Principal of High Hazels Academy talks about how she helped to transform the school’s culture and motivate staff through flexible working.
Rediscovering teaching: my experience of returning to the classroom
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Loic Menzies, Posted on:
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COVID-19 support, Flexible working, Inspiring teachers, Teachers' reflections
Loic Menzies is the former Chief Executive of the Centre for Education and Youth, who has answered the call for teachers to return to the classroom to support schools with staffing pressures. We’re inviting qualified ex-teachers to step in and …
"Real flexible working means recognising that life happens" - thinking flexibly in school
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Emma Turner, Posted on:
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COVID-19 support, Flexible working, Professional Development, Reducing teacher workload, Teacher wellbeing, Teachers' reflections
As many of us work from home during the current coronavirus lockdown, it might be easy to think that this is what constitutes flexible working. But real flexible working is not a reactionary way of planning a working schedule, it is a carefully crafted blend of the demands of work and life.
Flexibility in schools - learning from lockdown
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Emma Turner, Posted on:
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COVID-19 support, Flexible working, Professional Development, Teacher wellbeing, Teachers' reflections
Emma Turner currently works part time as Research and CPD Lead for Discovery Schools Academy Trust MAT in Leicestershire. An advocate for flexible working, she reflects on what the sector can learn from the lockdown experience.
"Say yes when help is offered and do not see this as a failure": returning from maternity leave as a headteacher
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Kate Jefferson, Posted on:
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COVID-19 support, Flexible working, Inspiring teachers, Primary schools
When headteacher, Kate Jefferson, returned to work after maternity leave she didn’t expect to be leading her school through a pandemic.
Leading by laptop: flexible working is happening in every school right now – what can we learn from this experience?
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Sue Plant, Posted on:
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COVID-19 support, Flexible working, Secondary schools, Teacher mental health, Teacher wellbeing
Headteacher, Sue Plant, has long been a champion of flexible working. But what has she learnt about working and leading flexibly while navigating the COVID-19 outbreak?
Retaining great teachers through flexible working
Matthew Leeming, Headteacher at Kings’ School in Winchester, shares their approach to flexible working - the benefits they’ve seen for the staff and school, and the barriers they’ve faced.
Two heads are better than one
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Alison Fitch and Rebecca Stacey, Posted on:
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Flexible working, Teacher wellbeing
Alison Fitch and Rebecca Stacey are co-headteachers at Boxgrove Primary School in Surrey. Following the launch of the DfE’s teacher recruitment and retention strategy, which outlined steps to promote flexible working in schools, Alison and Rebbeca explain how they make job-sharing work for them.
Flexible working: Putting our pupils at the heart of our flexible working policy
The first thing to note about our flexible working policy at Hearts Academy Trust is that it is about our pupils and not our staff – although it benefits them too, obviously.