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Guidance: School workforce planning

Department For Education

October 21
16:15 2024

This guidance is for leaders in schools and academy trusts, including:

  • headteachers and executive headteachers
  • academy chief executive officers
  • chief financial officers and chief operating officers
  • school business professionals
  • governors and trustees

It will help leaders to:

  • use their workforce efficiently
  • review their workforce

Weve written this guidance in partnership with school leaders. It includes case studies and 6 principles to help inform decision making.

Read this alongside school resource management guidance.

Updates to this page

Published 20 January 2017
Last updated 21 October 2024 +show all updates
  1. Updated links to the Teaching Vacancies service and its savings methodology in the 'School workforce planning' guidance.

  2. Updated School workforce planning guidance with 6 principles to guide leaders' decision making, including case studies from schools. Removed the curriculum planning tool as this is no longer relevant.

  3. Updated information about the teacher vacancy service and supply teacher framework.

  4. Updated 'School workforce planning guidance'.

  5. First published.

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