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Homeworking is the use of the home, supported by technology, for the remote performance of some, or all, of an employee’s normal work. It does not necessarily involve working only at home; it can be combined with part-time attendance at the work place. It can also be defined as the use of home as a work base for jobs which require regular travelling, eg salesmen. It should be differentiated from occasionally working at home for the completion of specific one off tasks when the employee is normally based at a particular office or site. It is assumed for the purpose of this factsheet that the homeworker is an employee of the organisation, ie not self-employed.

Employees have the right to:

All employees have the right to have grievances dealt with by their employer promptly and fairly.

A Competency Framework for Governance — The Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours Needed for Effective Governance in Maintained Schools, Academies and Multi-academy Trusts was published by the Department for Education in January 2017.

All school and college staff should be aware that abuse, neglect and safeguarding issues are rarely standalone events that can be covered by one definition or label. In most cases multiple issues will overlap with one another. Be vigilant for the following signs that a pupil might be subject to one or more of the common types of abuse.

The structure of an academy trust, along with the strategic functions of the key parties, is as follows.

The typical structure for a multi-academy trust, along with the strategic functions of the key parties, is as follows.