Guidance

School workforce planning

Guidance for schools and academy trusts reviewing staff workforce structures.

Published 20 January 2017
Last updated 31 August 2018 — see all updates

• From: Department for Education

• Applies to: England

Documents

School workforce planning guidance

Ref: DFE-00251-2018 PDF, 262KB, 13 pages

Curriculum planning tool

ODS, 28.7KB

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Curriculum planning tool

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 61.7KB

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Details

This guidance is for:

• school leadership teams
• school business managers and finance directors
• executive headteachers
• academy CEOs
• governors and trustees

It applies to all schools.

It will help school leaders to review their staff structures regularly as part of annual school improvement, curriculum and financial planning.

Published 20 January 2017
Last updated 31 August 2018 + show all updates

1. 31 August 2018 Updated information about the teacher vacancy service and supply teacher framework.
2. 28 March 2018 Updated 'School workforce planning guidance'.
3. 20 January 2017 First published.