Human Resources

We are running a termly session for school business managers and will cover relevant topics, all the current issues in relation to employment contracts, recruitment administration, visas and any other topics that staff in this key role would find useful in relation to staffing.

Session will be led by our experienced HR team, aims to support school business managers and will cover:

• employment contracts
• recruitment administration
• visas
• and any other topics that staff in this key role would find useful in relation to staffing

Speakers:

The Grow Education Partners’ HR team: Terri Patterson, Robert Bullett and Fiona Andrews; David Coy, Grow Head of Data Protection; Mitch Jones and Stuart Webster, the LDBS recruitment team.

• “The session was very informative and advice was given on new legislation etc. All instructors were very helpful. I would like sessions on a regular basis if at all possible”
• “It consolidated all the information regarding the covered topics in informative presentations.”

School pay and appraisal policies must make performance-related progression the basis for all decisions on pay for classroom teachers and leaders.

This session will look at key points from the School Teachers’ Pay & Conditions Document in helping schools develop their approach to teachers’ and school leaders’ pay.

Terri Patterson is the Head of HR at the LDBS and a freelance HR trainer. She has extensive experience of working across all sectors in education.

“Really helpful. I feel much more empowered to use appraisal to support whole school development.”

This session will help anyone with responsibility for the management of support staff to be able to set suitable targets to enhance the performance of teaching assistants, premises and administrative staff and to have an understanding of relevant support staff terms and conditions.

Terri Patterson is the Head of HR at the LDBS and a freelance HR trainer. She has extensive experience of working across all sectors in education.

• “A really practical and helpful course which addressed what I needed to know and told me a lot more too. I can take this into my workplace confidently.”
• “Thanks! Please run this training again.”

This morning session, led by our experienced HR team, will support new and experienced headteachers in exploring how to effectively manage increasingly challenging parental complaints and how to address the challenges they present to management in primary schools.

Kindly note: we can also deliver this course to schools within the same local authority, where necessary tailoring content to reflect specific contextual needs and hosting it a venue convenient to your locality.

Terri Patterson is the Head of HR at the LDBS and a freelance HR trainer. She has extensive experience of working across all sectors in education.

• “Very timely as we have to rewrite our policy and have recently had some unusual complaints to deal with.”
• “Thanks for the professional delivery and for giving us lots of useful information to support us if and when handling complaints.”