Employment & conditions
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Capability, conduct & grievances
- Addressing concerns about the headteacher's conduct Understand how to manage concerns from staff, parents and governors about the headteacher’s conduct and actions, and get tips on how to maintain an effective relationship with your headteacher.
- How to carry out capability procedures for your headteacher Understand your role in headteacher capability procedures. Be clear on what happens during the process, including during formal meetings, dismissals and appeals.
- Staff disciplinary hearings: guidance and procedures Find out how to arrange a disciplinary hearing and put together a panel of governors. Read about best practice for conducting the hearing and making a decision. Know what the clerk needs to do to prepare for the hearing, including compiling evidence, communicating with witnesses and keeping a record.
- Staff dismissal: role of the governing board Understand your part to play in staff dismissal. Be clear on how your role differs depending on your school type, and whether you can delegate this power to your headteacher.
- Staff grievances: guidance Read our step-by-step guide to understand the grievance process from start to finish, including what can happen during the informal stage. Download our model agenda for the grievance panel meeting and a template decision letter.
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Staff contracts
- Headteacher notice periods and resignation deadlines Find out how much notice headteachers and heads of school must give in maintained schools and academies.
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Staff wellbeing & absence
- Exit interviews for staff Exit interviews are a great way to find out why staff are leaving. You can then use this information to improve staff retention. Download our template with questions to ask and see further examples of how others conduct their exit interviews.
- How to approach wellbeing strategically Understand what a strategic focus on wellbeing looks like and how to use it to create a culture of wellbeing in your school.
- Monitoring and supporting staff workload and wellbeing UpdatedFind out how you can promote a healthy staff work-life balance without stepping on the toes of the day-to-day running of the school.
- Questions to ask about wellbeing Get inspiration for what wellbeing questions to ask your school leaders so you can monitor wellbeing strategically.
- Staff wellbeing questionnaires See some example questionnaires that you can pass on to your headteacher so you're confident you have an accurate picture of how staff are feeling right now.
- Wellbeing initiatives: what they look like in practice and how the board is involved Wellbeing can feel quite abstract, and knowing how to embed a culture of wellbeing can be tricky. Get an idea of what wellbeing initiatives look like in practice, and how you can monitor them to make sure they're having a real impact.