what do we do?

Sandpiper helps schools to embed and strengthen a caring and supportive culture for staff. 

The teaching profession is both deeply worthwhile and highly demanding. For the sake of pupils, our schools, and every individual teacher, staff need to be able to flourish at work. Happy staff make for happy pupils which make for a happy and successful school. By gaining a clear picture of how daily practices impact personal wellbeing, schools can work to strengthen their care of staff. Sandpiper helps schools to build the sustainable culture of care for their staff that will offer them the best possible working environment.

In discussion with each school, Sandpiper offers a bespoke four-stage process. 

1. A simple completely anonymised staff survey about school life and work
2. Analysis of results data to establish trends, strengths and priorities to develop
3. Group reflections with leadership and staff to gain a more personal perspective
4. Benchmarking, feedback and practical focused recommendations  

 Sandpiper also offers a regular follow-up service of further consultation, surveys and analysis. 

Sandpiper is values-led. We believe that:

• The purpose of education is to enable every pupil to lead a flourishing life and to contribute meaningfully to their community long-term. 
• Schools should be characterised by the genuine care of every member, both pupils and staff. 
• We believe every individual within the learning community to be of equal and inherent worth, while celebrating the unique gifting and contribution of each.  
• We recognise schools as learning communities in which the whole is greater than the sum of the parts, and all are mutually dependent. 
• We acknowledge that schools and all those who work and learn in them are in a process of continual learning and development. 
• Education should be enjoyable, and schools should be happy places.