Wesnesfield Academy July 23 - 7

Staff Wellbeing

At Wednesfield Academy, we place a very strong importance on wellbeing for all members of our school community. This includes a commitment to staff wellbeing. We place staff wellbeing and workload at the heart of our decision taking and policy making. We meet regularly with a staff group, which includes representatives from different subject areas, to listen to their views on workload and wellbeing and respond swiftly to their suggestions.

At Wednesfield Academy we:

  • Place a very strong emphasis on a whole school approach to wellbeing
  • Have an open door policy and listen to the needs of our staff
  • Regularly survey our staff to collect their views on workload and wellbeing with You Said, We Did feedback
  • Carry out face to face meetings with staff to collect and respond to their needs
  • Value every member of staff for the contribution that they make to our school community
  • Place workload and wellbeing at the heart of our decision making
  • Are committed to responding to all DfE document including the Workload Reduction Toolkit and the Wellbeing Charter
  • Have access to a wide range of additional support through SAS

We underpin everything that we do with our Wednesfield Academy values - we are both a caring and supportive school for all members of our school community.  We take a collegiate and shared approach to our work and are a solution focused school – everybody benefits because everybody contributes.

Staff Professional Development

At Wednesfield Academy, we really value your professional development. We have an extensive menu of professional development opportunities regardless of the stage of your career. These opportunities to further your professional development include:

  • Early Career Framework Plus – the Early Career Framework plus our specific Wednesfield Academy support
  • Bespoke CPD according to staff requests
  • Weekly professional development training sessions
  • Pedagogy briefings with a focus on teaching and learning
  • NPQs
  • Our own teaching and learning newsletter
  • Subject Associations
  • National College membership
  • PSHE Association
  • External CPD on request including exam board training
  • Supporting staff who are examiners
  • Performance Management linked to professional development
  • Sharing best practice and collaboration
  • Cross Trust support from the School Improvement Team
  • Subject specialist support cross Trust for ECTs
  • Coaching and mentoring

We look forward to working with you!

Department for Education Wellbeing Charter

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SAS Services

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