School-Parent Communications in the Attendance Crisis

For those of us who work in and around the education sector, the recent report by Public First regarding the current school attendance crisis will have undoubtedly caught your attention and likely concerned you.  The report looks into the critical issue of attendance in schools and it provides ten key recommendations to address this challenge.  Notably, the very first recommendation in the report underscores the pivotal role of communication and messaging by schools

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Trust CEO's & the development of the concept of Holistic Comms.

At Glove, we work with a number of CEO’s of multi academy trusts, helping them understand the context for strategic communications in trust development.

It is important to note that the recently published Trust Development Statements and Trust Quality Descriptions are central to providing the planning and narrative framework for trust growth – certainly in Education Improvement Areas for the latter document.

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Five Tips To Help Improve Your Recruitment Process

While it may seem like an uphill struggle to recruit and train good teachers and teaching staff, it is not an impossibly Sisyphean task. When taking a look at your recruitment processes, there are some ways in which your school can improve its processes and find the best talent. Let’s have a look at five top tips to help your school’s recruitment process.

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Why Branding Is Important For Your MAT Or School

Your branding is how you are identified and remembered by the outside world. When people see your brand, your logo, or your school colours, it should evoke an emotion, whether that’s admiration, indifference, or something else, depending on the reputation of your school or MAT, and how well you have marketed yourself.

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Not Sure How To Grow Your trust?

If you have been looking at how to grow your school or Multi-Academy Trust (MAT), you’ll undoubtedly be faced with many often-bewildering options. There can be such a thing as too much choice, and maybe the choices you’re presented with do not seem that appealing or appropriate. So, what do you do then?

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