To ensure all staff feel valued, we invest heavily in our teaching and support staff personal and professional development. We place a big emphasis on collaboration and staff voice, involving our staff in everything we do, from policy development to staff rewards and social events.

We strongly believe in work-life balance enabling our staff to consistently work to the best of their ability, ensuring outstanding student provision.

As part of our commitment to staff wellbeing we have achieved the North East ‘Better Health at Work’ award. Our staff wellbeing programme, led by an NHS practitioner, offers the following incentives to all of our staff:

Fitness classes