Retaining
We recognise that high quality, committed staff are key to delivering an excellent education for our pupils and communities. Ensuring that we retain exceptional staff within the education system as a whole, but specifically within the Trust, is key to our success.
We strive for every staff member to be happy and fulfilled in their careers, whilst having access to first-class support, a great package of benefits and tailored professional development opportunities.
As well as the learning and development opportunities covered below, we offer a wide variety of benefits to support staff retention.
Benefits include:
- Highly competitive salaries
- Excellent pension schemes
- Enhanced leave benefits including enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity leave
- Generous sick pay entitlement above the nationally agreed levels
- Family friendly policies and flexible working opportunities
- Medical information services including access to counsellors, nurses and physiotherapists, and a 24/7 GP service
- A comprehensive employee assistance programme giving employees access to discounts from some of the biggest brands and stores. In addition to holistic wellbeing advice and guidance, fitness videos, meditations, and yoga courses
- Access to salary sacrifice schemes for bikes, season tickets and gym memberships
Periodically the Trust engages staff in surveys, these have been themed over time and have included workload, culture, autonomy and agency, trust and leadership. The surveys help to identify strengths and give school leaders the opportunity to reflect on the school level feedback with a member of the senior leadership team.