Education Leaders People Management Toolkit
LOCATION Virtual through Microsoft Teams
RECOMMENDED FOR Leaders, Middle Leaders, and Governors
In today's landscape, many leaders - while brilliant educators - find themselves thrust into leadership roles that demand an entirely new set of skills.
When no two roles in leadership are the same, why shouldn't training evolve to match?
Introducing our Education Leaders People Management Toolkit
Developed with a deep understanding of challenges faced by leaders in education, our CPD-accredited training equips you with essential HR and people management skills needed to align with your specific leadership role.
Comprised of 10 interactive modules, you’ll develop the skills and confidence needed for effective leadership in education alongside a supportive training team who understand the nuances of education-specific HR.
How does our toolkit work?
Embed learning gradually over the academic year with relevant training modules, delivered live once a month
Life in education is busy, and every leader has their own unique set of challenges and priorities. That’s why we’ve designed our toolkit to work with you, not against your busy schedule.
Here’s what you’ll get as part of our cohort:
- 6 core modules covering the basics of Education HR
- The freedom to select 4 additional modules based on your unique role requirements
- 1 live trainer-led session each month for each module you’re enrolled into
- Focused sessions lasting 1-1.5 hours, including time for your questions and a short test to embed your learning
- A CPD-certified certificate upon toolkit completion to mark your hard work and newly gained skills!
No overwhelming time commitments, no irrelevant content. Just practical, CPD-certified training that respects your leadership schedule while allowing you to learn skills relevant to your specific challenges.
How can I join?
Throughout the academic year, we’ll offer multiple chances to join our Education Leaders Cohorts. Our next session takes place on 10 July 2025, with further cohorts planned for the summer and autumn term 2025.
Looking to enhance your staff CPD offering? Build your own toolkit!
We know that every school workforce faces unique challenges. We can work closely with HR directors, headteachers and leadership teams to adapt the toolkit to meet the training needs of internal employees.
Build your toolkit, your way by:
- Reshaping the foundation - select any 6 modules from our complete library that align with your staff's core needs
- Customising your course length to meet your team's training objectives
- Supporting individual growth with targeted single-module options (£150 each) for staff
- Working with our specialist trainers to develop bespoke modules that address your School's specific situations.
Gone are the days of one-size-fits-all training! We're on hand to shape our expertise and craft a meaningful CPD development experience at your School or Trust.
If you’d like to chat about adapting your toolkit, we’re all ears! Simply contact Consultancy@epm.co.uk for more information.
Please note: upfront payment is required for all training courses at least 48 hours before. As soon as payment is received, you will be sent the details for the training.
Meet your CIPD-qualified training team
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Your Host
Emma's background in training spans over 15 years with both small and large audiences. She has vast HR and investigation experience in education and is a CIPD-qualified HR Consultant. She is also a qualified safer recruitment trainer and a member of the Safer Recruitment Consortium.
Emma has worked in employment and criminal law and is a very experienced investigator in both areas. Emma's HR experience is predominately in employee relations and has specialised previously in grievances, disciplinaries and attendance management.
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Your Host
Jane is an MCIPD-qualified HR Consultant; she has worked with EPM for over 18 years, supporting CEOs, Headteachers and Senior Leaders with a wide range of complex employee relation issues, including disciplinaries, grievances and redundancies. Jane is experienced in undertaking investigations and has provided sound advice at many hearings and appeals. Jane has also supported Schools and Trusts in the recruitment of senior leaders and has experience and training in safer recruitment and safeguarding.
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Your Host
Andrea, an HR professional with 15 years' experience in East and North East London secondary school settings, joined EPM in 2020 as Lead HR Partner. Transitioning to the HR Consultancy team in 2022, she has conducted numerous complex investigations into disciplinary, grievance, whistleblowing, and parental complaints. Her expertise extends to devising and leading on restructures and conducting HR and safer recruitment audits for customers. Throughout her career, Andrea has provided training and is passionate about empowering school managers and leaders to better understand HR and People Strategy in schools, particularly around support staff management and development.
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Your Host
Sarah is an Associate Member of CIPD with over 20 years’ experience in Human Resources, including more than 16 years in the education sector. Sarah’s extensive HR experience spans employee relations, people management and strategic planning. As a trained mediator Sarah is equipped with the skills to expertly support conflict resolution and facilitate constructive dialogue between parties.
Sarah’s empathetic approach and exceptional relationship-building skills have established her as a trusted partner to schools and trusts. She is highly regarded by colleagues, customers, local authority representatives and trade union contacts alike.
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Absolutely met and exceeded expectations. It reinforced or added to my knowledge considerably. The quiz at the end was an excellent touch! Looking forward to the next one!
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This was a really helpful introduction to HR, an area which I have only learned about previously through work-based experience.
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I found it really informative, and I gained a lot of general information. I feel I am going to gain a lot from this course!
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Met all my expectations. I really enjoy hearing real examples too. I am looking forward to the other modules.
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