Attracting and retaining the very best workforce

• Goals
• Committee members
• Terms of reference
• Calendar
• Minutes
• Action plan
• Career progression case studies from a teaching assistant and teacher
• Ealing school staff wellbeing charter

Goals

• Expand the ELP brand and ‘No learner left behind’ ethos to attract, develop and retain the best teachers, leaders, and support staff to work in Ealing schools
• Support schools with transition to the Early Careers Framework for Early Careers Teachers (ECTs)
• Develop and promote ELP professional progression pathways to support the induction, development, and growth of all staff
• With a focus on race equality, identify gaps, raise awareness, develop training and progression opportunities
• Explore opportunities to work collaboratively to provide attractive, flexible, and innovative opportunities for deploying staff across the partnership.

Committee members

Here is a list of ELP recruitment and retention committee members:

• Therese McNulty: School workforce and governance adviser (lead)
• Sharon Moody: Teach West London lead (co-chair)
• Melanie Hogan: Special school deputy headteacher (co-chair)
• Polly Bradley: ELP communications and business development senior manager
• Sangeeta Jerath: Schools’ HR consultant
• Mark Nelson: Head of Schools’ HR
• Himisha Patel: Nursery school and children’s centre headteacher
• Louise Singleton: Primary headteacher, Southall quadrant rep and ELP board chair
• Warner Stainbank: Primary headteacher, GNP quadrant rep
• Acton and Ealing quadrant vacancies

Minutes

• Minutes from 30 November 2023
• Minutes from meeting on 27 September 2023