Guidance

Staffing and employment: advice for schools

Guidance for managing staff and employment issues.

From:
Department for Education
Published
24 February 2017
Last updated
2 October 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Staffing and employment advice for schools

PDF, 363 KB, 30 pages

Details

This guidance applies to maintained schools and academies in England.

It is for:

  • school leaders, school staff and governing bodies
  • local authorities
  • academy trusts

It will help with managing staffing and employment issues, and making decisions. It replaces the statutory guidance from 2009, ‘Guidance on managing staff in schools’.

See also advice on flexible working in schools.

Updates to this page

Published 24 February 2017
Last updated 2 October 2024 + show all updates

  1. Updated the sections on time off and flexible working, to reflect legislative changes that came into effect in April 2024.

  2. Updated page 22 to reflect updated appraisal and capability guidance documents. New links also added.

  3. Updated guidance to include advice for governors and school leaders on hosting initial teacher training (ITT) trainees in their schools.

  4. Updated to reflect legal changes following EU exit.

  5. Updated paragraph 4.22 of guidance, about newly qualified teachers.

  6. Updated advice document with new regulations for childcare disqualification.

  7. Updated paragraph 5.33 of the advice, about political views and school resources.

  8. Replaced document with updated version to replace references to NCTL with the TRA.

  9. First published.

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