Many offers of employment within schools are conditional upon the satisfactory completion of a medical assessment. This is a sensible precaution as it allows the employer to be aware of any underlying conditions that may affect the individual’s ability to do the role, as well as provide guidance on reasonable adjustments that might be necessary. … Read more
A fixed term contract is one where the employment contract ends on a particular date, or on completion of a specific task such as a project. Schools typically have several employees on fixed term contracts, the most common being 1:1 Teaching Assistants where the employment relationship continues until the pupil that the individual is supporting … Read more
This is the second instalment from a two part article on managing performance. To read part one, please click here: Managing an underperforming teacher For the past 5 weeks, the Teacher you’ve had performance concerns with has been on a Performance Improvement Plan. You’ve set clear targets linked to the Teachers’ Standards and have monitored … Read more
Annual salary reviews have recently been taking place in many of the schools we support. With the changes to the Teachers’ Pay and Conditions that have taken place in recent years, automatic pay increases for teachers and members of the leadership team are a thing of the past. Schools now have much greater flexibility to reward … Read more
Teaching is a highly demanding profession: work performance is regularly monitored by the Senior Leadership Team, Ofsted, Governors and parents; there’s a huge time commitment involved in marking and lesson planning; and the children themselves can often pose their own challenges. It’s also highly rewarding and the vast majority of teachers do an outstanding job … Read more
It’s one of the issues that most Headteachers dread and hope will never happen: you’re made aware of a potential safeguarding issue which involves a member of staff. This can cover a multitude of scenarios: a complaint from a parent that a staff member is having inappropriate contact with a pupil via social media; pornographic … Read more
Staff sickness can be highly disruptive to a school. It’s often unpredictable, making it difficult to organise cover, which is often done by other members of staff who take up the strain to fill-in for their absent colleague. Of course, most absences are for genuine reasons and no one would want someone who was ill … Read more
Having dealt with dozens of school restructures and redundancies, we’re often asked at FitzgeraldHR what we’ve found to be the most useful bit of advice for the members of the Senior Leadership Team that find themselves managing the process. Of course, there are legal considerations to take account of and that’s why they should always … Read more
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