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The school had already established a assessing a school’s requirements plan to review all staff related and supporting the implementation policies in Year 1 of becoming an of continuous improvement. Indeed, to ensure that these were EW has such faith in the quality of robust and up to date. their service that they act as the client’s Competent Person. The school met a number of potential providers and, as Jane says: Jane concludes: “We have found “We settled on Ellis Whittam as we them to be very responsive and, felt there was a synergy with the most importantly, everything is school and we particularly liked the explained in layman’s terms!” fact we got a named, personal Adviser with experience of supporting schools.” “This has enabled us to School is a mixed underpinned by traditional values, in the school management sought a Like all of EW’s school clients, ensure our policies are up with 850 pupils aged 11 to 18. partner to provide the secure Amersham now has the benefit of a to date and our foundations for continuous single point of contact for all their procedures are suited to The school, which performs well improvement. employment law and HR challenges, above national averages, was with the backup of a large and our needs and following designated as a specialist in Business Jane Elkins, Director of Finance, says: experienced Education Team. best practice, rather than & Enterprise by the Department for “On conversion to an Academy we Education and Skills in 2005 and were especially keen to ensure that At the same time, Amersham also imposed by the LA.” became an academy in 2011. we had strong legal advice on all HR signed up for EW’s Health & Safety matters and so we felt that we service and now benefits from a Jane Elkins, Having made such a significant needed to have advisers who could named local consultant and the Director of Finance decision on the future of the school, offer more than the traditional Local backup of 24/7 support from head and with a vision that incorporates a Authority HR adviser.” office. EW has a unique approach to philosophy of innovation

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