Working towards a fear-free school culture
In 2020, Jonny Uttley and John Tomsett published a book called Putting Staff First. Now they are offering to colleagues free downloadable resources based on that book to help school leaders do their job in a fear-free climate.
The rationale for the book was clear: A happy, healthy, motivated, highly trained, expert staff (who turn up, day-in, day-out) is the thing which is most likely to help students make good progress in their learning; to that end, schools should put staff first.
In 2023, only 59% of teachers expected to be teaching in three years’ time, a drop from 72% in 2019.
- Key stat from Teacher Tapp, (2023), Teacher Recruitment and Retention in 2023.
Listen
As an introduction, you can listen to John and Jonny discuss Putting Staff First, with Emma Turner and Tom Sherrington.
