Anna Azarova

Aug 19, 2024 | schoolmanagementplus.com | Louise Brenlund |Irena Barker |Anna Azarova |Alex Russell

To give an indication of how established staff shortages are in our schools, parents and carers now accept the lack of specialist teachers as a reasonable explanation for a narrowing of the curriculum or a lack of quality of education. In the past, most would have expected school leaders to almost immediately remedy long-term staff absence by appointing supply cover or the reallocation of existing staff.

Jul 23, 2024 | schoolmanagementplus.com | Irena Barker |Anna Azarova |Alex Crossman |Louise Brenlund

In 2023 a HR survey confirmed that 37 per cent of employers reported an increase in grievances in the past 12 months. The top three reasons for grievances being bullying or harassment, relationships with managers and relationships with colleagues. Some have referred to this as the unprecedented “rise of the grievance”.

Jul 2, 2024 | schoolmanagementplus.com | Irena Barker |Anna Azarova |Luke Ramsden

International schools in the Middle East must develop codes of conduct on recruitment to ensure a “dog eat dog culture” doesn’t develop with institutions poaching each others’ staff, a leading head in the region has said. John Bell, founding principal of Bloom World Academy in Dubai, said that there was a danger of staff “jumping ship” after only a short period due to a global shortage of qualified teachers and a proliferation of schools.

Jul 1, 2024 | schoolmanagementplus.com | Anna Azarova |Luke Ramsden |Mark Steed |Irena Barker

UK schools setting up branches abroad should explore a growing appetite for British education in the United States, a market expert has told a conference. Ashwin Goel said that there was now “evidence of an affinity for a British style education and even a prestigious British school brand” across the pond, despite it having its own highly developed system of fee-charging schools.

Jun 26, 2024 | schoolmanagementplus.com | Anna Azarova |Darren Coxon |Luke Ramsden |Mark Steed

Despite the ongoing war, The British International School, Ukraine (BISU), which has campuses in Kyiv and Dnipro, continues its mission of providing high quality education to children.  Amid the air raid sirens and ever-present uncertainty, BISU’s community of Ukrainian and international teachers, both online and on-site, go beyond traditional methods to encourage a love of learning and nurture tomorrow’s leaders.