Building a Culture of Support: Prioritising Staff Wellbeing in Schools

In today’s education environment, staff wellbeing isn’t just another initiative—it’s a leadership priority. School leaders, HR professionals, and governors all play a vital role in creating a culture where staff feel supported, valued, and able to thrive.

In this Sofa Session, we’ll explore how schools can embed staff wellbeing into their culture, meet their duty of care obligations, and use data and insight to strengthen staff experience and retention.

During the session we will be covering the following:

• The legal and moral duty of care schools have towards their staff
• How to embed wellbeing into school culture, leadership, and daily practice, enabling staff to thrive not just survive
• How to monitor effectiveness, identify patterns, and respond to areas of concern

Let us introduce you to this week's professional speaker

Kirstie Young

Kirstie has over 30 years’ experience of working in Human Resources, initially in generalist senior HR management roles in large multi-national communications companies, (Ericsson and Damovo), before moving to work in the field of HR in Education in 2004. 

She is currently working as a Senior HR Consultant providing HR Consultancy support and advice to Schools and Academies as a member of the Judicium Employment Law and HR Team.  She line manages a team of HR Consultants, is Co-lead for HR Training delivery and works as one of the team of trained mediators providing mediation services to schools.