Withdrawing Offers of Employment on Health Grounds
Many offers of employment within schools are conditional upon the satisfactory completion of a medical assessment. This is a sensible precaution as it allows … Read more
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Use of fixed term contracts in schools
A fixed term contract is one where the employment contract ends on a particular date, or on completion of a specific task such as … Read more
Managing an Underperforming Teacher: The Capability Policy
This is the second instalment from a two part article on managing performance. To read part one, please click here: Managing an underperforming teacher … Read more
Managing Salary Reviews in Schools
Annual salary reviews have recently been taking place in many of the schools we support. With the changes to the Teachers’ Pay and Conditions … Read more
Managing an underperforming teacher: first steps
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 … Read more
How to handle a school safeguarding issue with an employee
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 … Read more
Handling staff absence effectively in your school
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 … Read more
Staff Restructuring in Schools: the Change Curve
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 … Read more
