CIPD

We use a health questionnaire for our teaching and non-teaching staff. Any box ticked that indicates an issue means that we forward it to our adviser/GP for a review. He will then decide if it warrants a conversation or meeting with the individual and…

The answer here is always - what does it say in your contract? Unless you have been clear about how you would calculate/claim back holiday in the first year, this will be a non-starter.

Congratulations! I hope everything goes really well for you.

Are you able to annotate the form to say "I am not medically qualified to answer this question, but have no reason to doubt X's capability to do this role." Does seem a ridiculous thing to ask of anyone who isn't the person themselves or their GP.…

In our school, all references must ultimately be signed off by either the bursar or headmaster, and most come via me. I would definitely advocate keeping the authorisation to as small a group as possible.

Most schools requesting references will follow…

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Enjoy! If you find you are through to interview and want to chat, let me know.

That's all good. Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) is the source for everything, so have a good read of that - it's republished every year, so the new version has just come out. There's a whole section on recruitment, and you'll find that the…

Safeguarding and safer recruitment processes would be very high on my list of things to be confident on. It's such a priority in schools, along with other areas of compliance.

Good luck.

Independent school - we offer two weeks, full pay.

Nina

There is me (HR director) and one other (HR officer) who are both full time, looking after about 200 permanent staff and about 100 ad hoc staff, workers, contractors etc. I get a little time from another member of staff too.

I brought in an HR database…