Essential insights for HR leaders and people professionals in school trusts
Creating a resilient, supported workforce is one of the biggest challenges—and opportunities—facing school trusts today. Developed in partnership with the Confederation of School Trusts, this Workforce Resilience & Wellbeing Deep-Dive Report explores the key people-related priorities shaping the sector today.
Drawing on feedback from 417 trust CEOs across England, the report focuses on how trusts are addressing recruitment and retention pressures, enhancing staff wellbeing, and developing effective people strategies.
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Why HR leaders should read this report
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Identify top people priorities:
Staff wellbeing has overtaken professional development as the number one workforce focus for trusts. Understand what’s driving this shift and how it links to long-term staff retention. -
Explore recruitment and retention challenges:
Discover which roles are hardest to fill and how these pressures are impacting people strategy across trusts of all sizes. -
Assess the maturity of people strategies across the sector:
Find out what proportion of trusts have a formal people strategy – and how many don’t. -
Track progress on flexible working and wellbeing:
See how trusts implement remote PPA, wellbeing days, and other initiatives to support staff balance.Whether you’re an HR director, head of people, or part of a central team focused on workforce development, this report provides the data and insight needed to shape a stronger, more sustainable trust workforce.