All staff can find flexibility in their patterns of work useful at different points in their careers, whether to enable them to balance work with caring roles, to manage their health, to pursue additional learning, development or hobbies, or for a range of other reasons. As a school leader, managing employee requests to work flexibly can seem like an additional burden, but there are many ways in which a more flexible approach can benefit the school as well as the individual.
This guidance from the DfE offers an overview of the benefits, as well as the rights and responsibilities of leaders, answers to concerns and links to webinar recordings.
And this article by Louise Hatswell, ASCL Conditions of Employment Specialist: Pay, in SecEd is a helpful explanation of flexible working with a handy list of actions to move your practices forward:
Flexible working: how can it work for your school?
You may find these links useful to support your journey towards a more flexible workforce: