With a working pattern matched to the needs of delivering a face-to-face education to pupils in a timetabled school day, we know that flexible working doesn’t naturally align in all roles.
However, our staff and their wellbeing are hugely important so we have spent considerable time looking at how Lionheart can offer a fair balance of role flexibility, as well as reducing workload, while still delivering on our promise of an excellent education for all. While our offer may differ across roles, our employees can benefit from:
Golden Time
We offer every staff member one working day (or 5 hours taken as they wish across multiple occasions), which can be taken during term time so they can attend occasions that matter to them. An example might be their child’s school play.
Hybrid Working
Where roles allow, and this applies mostly to a range of Associate roles, colleagues can split their working hours between home and a school site across the week.
PPA time from home
Online Meetings
To enable flexibility and avoid wasting time on travel, we try and hold meetings on Teams where possible.
Trust Curriculum
We have devised a central curriculum which schools deliver in the most purposeful way for their community, meaning a cut in individual staff time spent planning and sourcing material for lessons.
Subject Directors
Play a big part in devising the curriculum and work alongside school Head of Departments to support, consult and deliver CPD, often implementing new research-led practices that streamline time spent on things like marking
Whole Class Feedback and Live Meetings
Implemented after undertaking in-depth research, leading to reduced workload after pupil contact hours.
Core Policies
Behaviour management policies are researched and devised centrally, enabling easier implementation by staff, that ultimately leads to calmer classrooms.
Data Insights
Our central data team produces weekly reports on attendance and behaviour, taking away the need for pastoral teams to analyse manually, therefore, reducing workload.
Beehive Support System
Imagine a system where – at your fingertips – you can plan smart classroom seating, allocate assignments and behaviour/reward points, view reading age and SEN requirements, and see your daily timetable, as well as much more. That’s our in-house developed system, Beehive.
