This article is aimed at trust leaders, to help you support the headteachers in your schools.
Have regular meetings with your headteachers
Agree how you will hold meetings with each headteacher individually. Ideally, at the beginning of the academic year you'll:
- Decide how you’ll communicate
- Phone, email, video conferencing – whatever you and your headteachers choose should be tailored to how each of your headteachers works best
- Set a schedule
- This will be based on when your headteachers would prefer you to contact them, including time of day and how often. Try and establish the same weekly/fortnightly slot, so you’re all clear on what’s expected and no one feels overloaded
- Have wellbeing as an agenda item in your meetings with headteachers
Make sure you co-ordinate with the chairs of your local governing bodies (LGBs). If