Control staff-absence costs without procurement risk. Schools can buy staff-absence protection through the Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC) Staff Absence Protection & Reimbursement Services framework. The Department for Education recommends this framework to schools and academies. For clarity, the recommendation relates to the CPC route, not individual suppliers.
As a CPC-listed supplier, Schools UK offers 'exceptional' cover (Feefo rated) for the events you see most: sickness, maternity/paternity, optional stress, jury service, bereavement and more. Claims are paperless with live tracking, and we pay on average in three days.
Many schools also choose to add our market-leading whole-school wellbeing package. This sits alongside your policy as a separate service, focused on prevention—counselling and practical support to help reduce absences across the year.
• Staff absence insurance: https://www.schoolsuk.com/staff-absence-insurance/
• School wellbeing programmes: https://schoolsukhealth.com/