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This webinar is ideal for Directors of HR/Heads of HR, CEOs and COOs or anyone championing staff and culture in Academy Trusts.
Why you should attend this webinar?
In today’s rapidly evolving educational landscape, fostering a thriving and engaged workforce is crucial for success. This webinar equips trust leaders, Directors of HR/ Heads of HR, CEOs and COOs with actionable strategies to:
- Prioritise staff wellbeing
- Strengthen leadership practices
- Minimise staff turnover
Session 1: Staff wellbeing (10-11am)
- Evaluate the latest wellbeing and mental health of UK teachers and education staff
- Explore factors impacting staff wellbeing negatively
- Consider how wellbeing differs for staff with different background
- Plan actionable steps to prioritise and communicate staff wellbeing
Session 2: Leadership strategies in school trusts (11-12noon)
- Assess prevalent leadership styles in top-performing trusts for HR insights
- Gauge leaders’ perspectives on practices’ impact on performance and culture
- Identify and address critical challenges in trust leadership
- Adapt successful leadership practices for implementation in other trusts
Lunch 12-1pm
Session 3: Staff retention (1-2pm)
- Investigate turnover patterns in schools
- Identify at-risk staff members prone to resignation
- Uncover root causes of turnover, including staff wellbeing factors
- Propose and assess strategies to boost retention and measure success
Session 4: People strategy – The voice of staff (2-3pm)
- Lessons and good practice from six years of surveying staff
- An insight into what HR in education may look like next year
- What’s next? How we’re evolving with the sector
Speakers
Jonny Uttley
Author of Putting Staff First: A blueprint for revitalising our schools and the CEO of the Education Alliance
Jonny is the Chief Executive Officer of The Education Alliance Multi-Academy Trust since 2018. HE elected as the member of the DfE Regional Advisory Board for Yorkshire and Humber.
John Murphy
Education Leadership Mentor and ex-CEO of one the largest UK MATs
John has been a headteacher seven times in primary, secondary, special and all-through schools and has led one the largest UK MATs with 5,000 staff for the last 10 years.
Jeremy Meek
CEO of The Kite Academy Trust
Jeremy has dedicated his career to continuously improving education and the life chances of all young people. He holds a firm belief that an organisation’s people are its richest resource and greatest asset and is committed to ensuring a relentless focus on the support, development and wellbeing of every Kite colleague.
Sufian Sadiq
Director of Teaching School and Talent
Sufian is the Director of Teaching School and Talent, with responsibility for overseeing two regional Hub areas in the South East of England. He is a transformational leader, able to motivate and inspire people, with comprehensive senior management experience in the educational and charitable sector.
Emma Sheppard
Founder of the MTPT Project
Emma founded The Maternity Teacher Paternity Teacher (MTPT) Project, the UK’s charity for parent-teachers, whilst on maternity leave with her son in 2016. Having trained through Teach First as an English teacher in 2010, she continued to teach in the British International School, Ho Chi Minh, acting as Head of House, before returning to the UK as Lead Practitioner at an academy in South London. In 2020, Emma began training as a coach with The Coaching Academy, and runs The MTPT Project full time.
Mandy Coalter
Founder of Talent Architects
Mandy is the Founder of ‘Talent Architects’ with a simple mission; helping schools become great places to work. Talent Architects provides consultancy and advisory support to school groups, coaching and mentoring, training and events/conferences. Mandy’s successful book ‘Talent Architects; how to make your school a great place to work’ was published in 2018.
Ernest Jenavs
Co-founder and CEO at Edurio
Ernest is the CEO of Edurio, England’s leading stakeholder feedback platform for schools and school trusts. He is a frequent public speaker both in the UK and internationally on the effective use of stakeholder feedback in schools and has published extensive research on stakeholder feedback, staff wellbeing and school improvement.
Iona Jackson
Head of Insights
Iona leads on turning Edurio’s national datasets into useful and impactful insights for trust and school leaders. Since joining Edurio in 2021, Iona has worked on national reports focused on topics such as equality, diversity and inclusion and staff retention.
Imanta Nigals
Content and Insights Research Manager
Imanta works with the Insights and Content team to build meaningful resources for customers around effective stakeholder feedback. She has developed and implemented guidebooks, seminars and other resources tailored to the needs of customers looking to get the most out of their survey data.
Ben
Content and Insights Specialist
Ben is a Content and Insights Specialist and transforms survey data into meaningful reports for schools and trusts. He has worked in the Education Sector for six years, working in schools, private tuition, and for Bristol City Council.