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.
Template from The Key
Download our template exit interview and adapt it to include questions specific to your school's setting. You can use the questions as prompts for an exit interview or give the document to staff as a questionnaire to fill in.
Our associate education expert, Andrea Senior, advised that governors should only be involved in exit interviews for senior staff.
What to consider
There’s no statutory requirement to do exit interviews. If you choose to do them, you should aim to do an exit interview with all staff who are leaving. Whatever you do, aim to be consistent in your approach.
An exit interview would
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