Staff Management

Monday

26th May 2025

Ethical dilemmas: should teachers’ children get priority for places?
The latest instalment in our ethical leadership series explores what happened when staff at a popular secondary school requested an admissions policy change to give preference to their offspring
Pupils queuing outside classroom

Monday

19th May 2025

5 questions to ask if you need to change your leadership structure
An international principal who introduced a new leadership model at his school shares insights for other leaders considering such an overhaul
Five questions marks five doors leadership

Tuesday

13th May 2025

3 ‘budgets’ heads have to balance beyond money
Money is the first thing school leaders think about when it comes to budgeting, but there are other limited resources in a school that require the same kind of planning, says Mark Steed
Hourglass on books. Budget time

Friday

25th Apr 2025

10 reasons why CPD sessions fail - and how to avoid them
CPD is vital for teachers but too often it falls short of providing lasting impact. A MAT director of learning outlines how to avoid the most common pitfalls
Man slipping on banana skin

Monday

21st Apr 2025

Workload Around the World: Calendar planning and parent events
Tes’ series on reducing teacher workload takes us to New York, where a leader explains the benefits of giving staff a clear picture of what the academic year has in store
Skyline of New York city

Monday

14th Apr 2025

Workload Around the World: No Monday morning deadlines
An international school leader in the UAE talks about how he manages staff workload to avoid a ‘live to work’ mindset creeping in
Workload Around the World Ajman UAE

Monday

7th Apr 2025

Workload Around the World: No weekend working, generous PPA
A head in Saudi Arabia explains how her school strives to ensure teacher workload is fair and balanced – and why her days of weekend working in the UK are a thing of the past
Workload Around the World: No weekend working, generous PPA

Monday

31st Mar 2025

Workload Around the World: Online Fridays and 4.30pm finishes
A leader in Kenya discusses the practical steps his school has taken to ensure that staff have a manageable workload and a culture of leaving on time
Teacher workload in international schools: Flexible working at a school in Kenya

Wednesday

26th Mar 2025

Why niche CPD on learning outcomes is a real winner
Giving each teacher just one performance objective – an action research project – means staff can focus on interventions that drive attainment, explains this headteacher
Teacher CPD: How performance objectives based on action research help everyone

Tuesday

25th Mar 2025

Communications is key for a smooth MAT merger
The CEO of King’s Group Academies says having a clear communications strategy was pivotal when his MAT merged with a five-school trust last year
Semaphone flags spelling Merger

Monday

24th Mar 2025

Workload Around the World: Avoiding ‘last-minuteism’
The leader of an IB school in Japan discusses his approach to ensuring that staff workload remains manageable, including efforts to reduce last-minute demands on teachers’ time
Workload Around the World: Avoiding ‘last-minuteism’

Monday

17th Mar 2025

Workload Around the World: Avoiding out-of-hours work
In the first of a new series, a senior leader in Qatar discusses her school’s approach to ensuring that staff workload remains manageable – and why more flexible working is the goal
Workload Around the World: Avoiding out-of-hours work