Keeping Great People

Staff wellbeing isn’t a “nice to have” — it’s a strategic driver of retention, productivity, trust and organisational stability.  With schools reporting ongoing recruitment and retention challenges, and education staff showing lower wellbeing than the wider workforce, leaders need to embed wellbeing into policy and practice rather than rely on goodwill.  Creating a culture of psychological safety is central to this, giving staff the confidence to speak up, collaborate and perform at their best.

This session explores the science of wellbeing and evidence-based techniques that reduce stress, avoid burnout and optimise performance for both staff and students.  We will look at how to design measurable wellbeing strategies that include workload management, wellbeing KPIs and structured planning, as well as how peer support networks and leadership accountability make wellbeing sustainable.  You will also consider practical steps to attract and retain top talent in a competitive labour market.

In this session we explore

• Why staff wellbeing must be a strategic priority linked to retention, recruitment and school performance

• Evidence-based techniques for staff and students to reduce stress, prevent burnout and optimise performance

• How to build wellbeing KPIs and measure impact across your workforce

• Workload management, psychological safety and structured wellbeing planning

• Creating peer support networks and leadership accountability

• Strategies that improve recruitment and retention in your setting

Take home points

• A practical approach to embedding wellbeing across policy and practice

• Tools for measuring and reporting wellbeing outcomes

• Evidence-based stress reduction and burnout prevention techniques

• Staff retention strategies linked to wellbeing culture

This session is for

School and trust leaders, business managers, HR, people or wellbeing leads and anyone responsible for staff wellbeing, retention and organisational culture.

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