
Your stories: Employee Assistance Programme
Our Employee Assistance Programme has helped thousands of schools and thousands more individuals. Here, you can see first hand how the support has impacted them.
Connor Lawrence, School Business Manager and part of the Senior Leadership Team, shares why they introduced Education Support’s Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and the difference it’s made.

James Frecknall, Assistant Headteacher and Senior Mental Health Lead, shares how the Education Support EAP has helped create a stronger culture of care and wellbeing among staff.

We spoke to Matt Rogers at Bournville Village Primary School about the benefits of having the Education Support Employee Assistance Programme as part of their offering to all staff.

Karen Powell, Assistant Headteacher, tells why the school invested in supporting staff wellbeing following the challenges posed by the pandemic.

Assistant Headteacher, Susie Powell, tells us why they were looking for an Employee Assistance Programme and why Education Support met their brief

The school's previous EAP provided limited support and they wanted something that better suited their needs - our EAP did just that!

Robert Turner is an Assistant Headteacher and Head of Wellbeing who was impressed by the support available for the staff from our EAP – and has used the service himself

Headteacher Barry Yeardsley introduced our EAP out of concern for his staff, who have been thankful for it

The EAP has been a key part of the Trust’s journey towards prioritising the mental wellbeing of its staff

Twenty two schools under Cambridge Meridian Academies Trust use our EAP, providing support that goes beyond what the Trust itself can offer

We sought you out...not just to reduce absence or pay lip service to wellbeing. We really want our staff to feel like if they are going through something, even if it’s external to work, that we are here to support themMatt Rogers, School Business Manager, Bournville Village Primary