Optimus Education

Recruitment and staffing

Pages

‘I need your help!’ – how SBMs can handle staff queries effectively

The SBM's office is seen as the place for school staff to go if they need help or information on almost everything. Sarah Hayden gives advice on how best to manage staff queries

19 Jun 2013

School Business Management Hub

Subscriber Content

Secondment: dealing with the impact on your school

Working on secondment can provide valuable professional development for heads, but could it have a negative impact on your school? Hazel Henson describes the factors that have made her secondment a successful arrangement for all the parties concerned

18 Jun 2013

Leadership & Governance Hub

Subscriber Content

Employment: latest law for HR managers

How will new case law on capability, dismissal, TUPE and victimisation affect human resources practice? Matt Watson takes a look

18 Jun 2013

Leadership & Governance Hub

Subscriber Content

Looking forward: the future of the SENCO role

What will the role of the SENCO be a year from now? Christopher Robertson looks ahead to September 2014

14 Jun 2013

Special Educational Needs Hub

Subscriber Content

The key to rapid career progression in teaching

Accelerate your career progression with these five key points. Dennis Simms explains what you should be doing

12 Jun 2013

Leadership & Governance Hub

Subscriber Content

Non-graduate service leavers to train as teachers

The DfE has announced that ex-military personnel without degrees will be able to train as teachers from January 2014.

7 Jun 2013

Leadership & Governance Hub

Future of teaching assistants: let’s wilfully misinterpret the evidence

Popular press and a new thinktank report call for a reduction in the number of teaching assistants working in schools. Christopher Robertson takes issue with their claims

5 Jun 2013