Talent Management in Schools
Find out how schools source, retain and manage the best staff in 2022
New Report
“This exciting piece of research provides insights around the challenges faced by senior leaders and those working in HR within schools and multi-academy trusts. I’m glad to be working at a business that is focused on tackling these challenges.
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Key findings
We surveyed hundreds of school leaders on their top challenges around hiring, retaining and managing staff – and what they did to overcome them.
%
of schools find recruitment and retention the most challenging aspects of staffing
%
of schools have changed working practices to reduce workload. 13% plan to do this
%
of schools are boosting their CPD offering to improve retention
%
of schools find developing and managing staff most challenging
Pay
is the lever that schools see as most important for improving recruitment and retention
%
of schools find recruitment and retention the most challenging aspect of staffing
%
of schools are changing working practices to reduce workload
%
of schools are boosting their CPD offering to improve retention
%
20% find developing and managing staff most challenging
Pay
is the lever that schools see as most important for improving recruitment and retention
Other findings
Workload
Reducing workload (through different means) is a key lever for recruiting and retaining staff, pay is also a key lever and is seen as relatively more important.
Support measures
Analysing learner attainment data, and lesson observations have high deployment as tools to manage and develop staff; more supportive measures are used less often.
Continuing Professional Development
Going forwards, school leaders expect to be providing more enhanced CPD, providing greater curriculum support, setting clear objectives for their staff, and using less internal cover.
About the report
When did the survey take place?
A two week period in the Spring Term of the 2021/22 academic year.
How many people responded to the survey?
In total there were 742 respondents to the survey.
Who responded to the survey?
Respondents were from different backgrounds, phases, school types, sizes, geographical regions, and Ofsted ratings.
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