Blog
Our Schools Blog brings you the latest insights and developments from the education industry. As well as expert analysis and advice, you’ll also find product demos and developments from our team. From the latest recruitment trends to staff training and retention, here you’ll find a range of useful information to help make your job easier.
4 ways to improve retention in international schools
Four principals in Dubai give us their top tips on how to keep staff happy and boost retention
150,000 international safeguarding courses completed*
We’re supporting international schools to achieve their number one priority: to keep all their students safe, with unlimited, whole-school access to all the safeguarding training they need.
3 key benefits of using our safeguarding training
Not all training providers are the same. Your school will get more than just training when you subscribe to our online safeguarding training package, ÌÇÐÄVlog Safeguarding. Here are three of the key benefits.
Safeguarding - what schools need to do to help with compliance
Guidance across the four nations of the UK states that safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is everyone’s responsibility. Everyone who comes into contact with children and their families and carers has a role to play. Here we explore the different roles and responsibilities in schools.
All the safeguarding tools your school needs
Keeping all your students safe is one of your school’s top priorities, and legal responsibilities. Find out how our safeguarding tools can make it easier.
How to have more productive conversations with staff
Getting staff to share their real feelings about issues in school can be tricky – but can reap enormous rewards. Explore how you can identify and address the challenges your staff are facing.
How to show your staff they have a voice
Our latest Wellbeing Report 2022 uncovered issues around staff feeling heard and understood. So how can you address this?
How your timetable can improve student satisfaction
Timetabling is complicated, but with the right approach you can ensure more students are able to study their preferred subjects, resulting in greater satisfaction for the whole community
ÌÇÐÄVlog Wellbeing Report 2022: the results
How are school staff around the world coping in these challenging times? Our 2022 survey has the answers
Teacher wellbeing stories: Ashley Green
Ashley shares how she has looked after her mental health and wellbeing as well as that of others while teaching in the Middle East – and how seeking help has helped her to overcome depression.
Teacher wellbeing stories: Kimberley Evans
Kimberley's story is all about boundaries, the importance of having them, sticking to them and what happens if you don't or can't.
Teacher wellbeing stories: Andrew Cowley
A challenging incident in Andrew's teaching career helped him to understand the importance of empathetic leadership and thinking about how we impact the wellbeing of others with our thoughts, words and deeds.
Get the most out of your Staff Management Subscription
Our Staff Management Subscription provides a range of software and services to help you recruit, train and retain your staff. Here's our guide to getting the most out of it.
Saving hours of work with Class Charts
Georgina Theobald, data manager at Harefield Academy, explains the positive impact that our classroom management software, Class Charts, has had in her school.