CONTENTS Dear Reader,


Welcome to the latest issue of Education Today. In the magazine this month we have two features looking at the thorny issues of


recruitment and retention in the UK school sector. In our first, Nick Orde-Powlett, Managing Director at TIB Services, explains how rethinking your estate’s recruitment strategy, particularly with regards to understanding the value of mature workers and re-evaluating essential versus desirable application criteria, might be the solution to the challenge of recruiting and retaining skilled estates staff. In our second, we hear from Renee Flourentzou, Director of Education at West Lea School, who explains how the school’s ‘magic formula’ has created a flourishing learning and teaching environment for the whole school community.


Elsewhere in the magazine we have all our usual contributors offering insight and opinion, while in our regular View from the classroom piece this month we hear from Stacy Jones, Leader of Teaching and Learning in Science, Associate Leader Coaching at Callerton Academy in Newcastle, who tells us how the school has established connections with local businesses and industries to support learning. Remember, we love to hear from you, you can get in touch with us via Twitter @ EdTodayMag, as well as by phone or email.


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Selected stories from the UK education scene this month


12 WELLBEING


With Mark Solomons, Founder of Welbee 13 VIEWS


With BESA’s Head of Partnerships and Events Dave Smith; and Charlotte Rowley on leadership


14 BESA CORNER


With BESA members Juniper Education and This Is School


15 INSIGHT


With Jennifer Redmond, BBC Teach Producer; and Sal McKeown, journalist and editor


16-17 VIEW FROM THE CLASSROOM


We hear from Stacy Jones, Leader of Teaching and Learning in Science, Associate Leader Coaching at Callerton Academy in Newcastle


18 CONTRIBUTORS


With BlueSky Education’s Denise Inwood; and Class People’s Naomi Howells


We look at ways to streamline your procurement


processes 36-39 CLASSROOM TECHNOLOGY


Including comment from LapSafe 40-42 BUILDINGS, MAINTENANCE & REFURBISHMENT


With an introduction from Inspectas 19 SEND


With regulars Jayne Foster and Emma Sanderson 20-25 VIEWS & OPINION


Featuring comment and insight from the UK education sector


26-28 FEATURE FOCUS: RECRUITMENT & RETENTION


With Nick Orde-Powlett, Managing Director at TIB Services 30-31 FEATURE FOCUS: RECRUITMENT & RETENTION


We hear from Renee Flourentzou, Director of Education at West Lea School 32-34 FEATURE: SMART PROCUREMENT


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