Boost retention with a personalised staff development plan

Happy learners, engaged in their own learning journey: of course, we’re talking about your staff. If you really want to recruit and retain top teachers, it’s out with traditional performance management and in with personalised development. Here, research lead and vice-principal Nimish Lad shares practical strategies to use staff development to improve pupil outcomes, and make your school somewhere top teachers want to come and love to stay.

Last reviewed on 5 February 2025
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Contents
  1. Watch our on-demand talk 
  2. Resources for this talk 
  3. Nimish's recommended further reading
  4. Meet the speaker 

Watch our on-demand talk 

This video offers 'bite-sized' CPD for teachers, with accompanying handouts/resources.

It represents the speaker's role and approach (and where relevant, their school/trust's approach) at the time it was recorded, but still serves as both a source of inspiration and practical tips for you to use in practice.

Please note: any commercial providers, products or resources mentioned in this talk, and relevant links here, are on the speaker's own recommendation and should not be considered an endorsement by The Key.

Resources for this talk 

Boost retention with a personalised staff development plan: key points PDF, 248.7 KB
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Boost retention with a personalised staff development plan: note-taking template DOCX, 342.6 KB
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Nimish's recommended further reading

Meet the speaker 

Nimish Lad is head of curriculum development at the Creative Education Trust. For over 10 years, Nimish has worked within schools, leading ideas to rapidly drive school improvement through using evidence-informed strategies and