Care and Support

Staff and student wellbeing is of paramount importance to everyone at Scholars’ Education Trust. Features of our provision for staff include:

Thorough, supportive and professional induction process offered to all new staff - both teaching and support staff. This includes sessions with key personnel to explain school process and systems in all academic, pastoral and whole school areas.

• Dedicated HR team who work across the Trust.
• Remission in ECT timetables for this first year. ECTs also have a specific, tailored induction programme of regular sessions covering topics such as classroom behaviour management, child protection, role of the learning support department, preparing for parents evenings, etc. Additional funding is also available for ECTs to attend Hertfordshire ECT training and conferences.
• Buddy system in place for all staff.
• Staff wellbeing sessions.
• Annual performance management reviews carried out for all staff where opportunity is given to review successes, acknowledge personal targets and highlight areas for personal and professional development.  It is a paper based system at our schools, with the exception of Sir John Lawes School where the performance management process is organised through Blue Sky software allowing staff to easily store personal management evidence, course feedback, own career evidence etc;
• A comprehensive CPD programme which includes in school, across the Trust, leadership and staff wellbeing opportunities.