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Are You Resignation Ready?
In this practical article, Clare Skinner shares tips on how to navigate the upcoming teacher resignation season with confidence and clarity Whether you are budgeting for the new academic year as an academy or settling into your new budget as a maintained school, the May half term resignation deadline for teachers is fast approaching and has the potential for significant decision making in your setting for September so make sure that you are ready! How Many? None of us have a crystal ball that enables us to predict how many resignations we can expect for the end of the academic year but what we do have is access to data that will help us to make an informed estimate. If you are not privy to personnel information on a day to day basis then speak to the HR team or your headteacher about those that may be close to normal retirement, are considering ill-health retirement, are going through life events that will impact their personal circumstances which may require a change in working arrangement, have been making lots of requests for employment references recently or were recently in the papers as a lottery winner (we can all dream it will be us one day!). Whilst a lot of this may not be set in stone, keep reading
