Attendance Staff Meeting

Working within the government guidance/procedures and using our expertise knowledge and experiences, this course will aim to support you to be effectively managing and raising attendance with a holistic whole school approach.

It will cover good practice and effective practical solutions to address attendance concerns including any safeguarding issues and cover how to approach and deal with any difficult conversations that may arise as a result.

Staff Wellbeing

We all know that positive staff wellbeing is essential for developing a mentally healthy school, for retaining and motivating staff and for promoting an all school holistic approach to wellbeing and achievement.

Drawing upon government guidance, this hour long staff meeting concentrates on looking at key factors of well being in the work place and learning how to recognise the effects of stress and identify the signs and triggers.

Safeguarding Supervision for your DSL

Statutory guidance highlights the importance of the DSL’s role, what training and support they should receive, and the critical role of supervision.

The ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ guidance states that DSLs ‘should be given the time, funding, training, resources and support to provide advice and support to other staff on child welfare and child protection matters…’.

Further guidance also highlights that ‘effective practitioner supervision can play a critical role in ensuring a clear focus on a child’s welfare. Supervision supports practitioners to reflect on the impact of their decisions on the child and their family – ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’ (HM Government, 2018)

Specific safeguarding supervision for your DSL can significantly enhance safeguarding knowledge and practice. This training looks at formal, 1:1 or group supervision for your school’s DSL/Deputy DSL.