Michael Eggleton – Michael Eggleton heads the Charles

Michael Eggleton heads the Charles Dickens Elementary School in London and is a member of DfE’s employee health education advisory group. My school has taken its course to support the well-being of its employees. Michael Eggleton talks about the steps that “your” school, large and small, has taken to ensure that staff receive the support they need in their work. It’s about a client’s commitment to change and its “willingness” to improve the well-being of all employees. It is in these seven areas that we worked before and during the pandemic to ensure that Charles Dickens Primary School staff felt caring and supported. The Charles Dickens Primary School has long been working on measures to reduce workload and improve well-being. Since the pandemic began, the need for a good approach to employee well-being has become even more evident. I was fortunate to participate in the excellent work of the Ministry of Education to improve the welfare of education workers. We found that this led to a reduction in staff morbidity in schools and had a positive impact on staff morale. Despite the fact that you study in a large school with a large number of staff, sometimes you feel isolated because everyone is busy. Learn more about the results of the DfE-funded project to reduce the workload at Charles Dickens Primary School – see here reports and posters on the results of the project, as well as previous projects of the Southwark Schools for Education Alliance. Our risk assessment was the most important factor: employees must be involved in the risk assessment process and know that it is practical. But supporting the well-being and mental health of employees is also very important for us as a management team. What I’ve learned about employee well-being is that there is no single solution and no single approach. The sense of safety at school is the most important factor for the staff. As a school, we email all our employees every day so that they know exactly what’s going on.