The Cost of Poor Staff Wellbeing — Calculator

How much does poor staff wellbeing cost each year?

Use the quick calculator below to reveal how much poor staff wellbeing could be costing your organisation each year. Your results are created using verified research and figures from the Department for Education, Health and Safety Executive, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, Price Waterhouse Coopers and Schools Week.

We’ll need some headline information to help us provide you with an approximate cost and you can choose what to share from the options below. This information is only used to provide your estimation and will not be shared with any third party.

To calculate the approximate cost of poor staff wellbeing, would you like to use:

Total staff costs (including on-costs)

Total salary costs (excluding on-costs)

Total budget

FTE Equivalent (QTS and Non-QTS)

If readily available, we recommend using total salary or staff costs for the most accurate estimation. Using headcount or total budget will use more research-backed assumptions.

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CRM

FTE of staff with QTS

FTE of staff without QTS

Total FTE of staff

Total staff salary costs

Based on average salary for QTS/Non QTS staff outside of London

Total staff salary costs

Excluding on-costs

Total annual budget

Enter the total budget for your organisation.

Approximate staff costs

Calculated based on the DfE's average of staff costs accounting for 82% of a trust's budget.

Total staff costs

Include both salary and non-salary costs

Do you know your approximate on-costs percentage?

Yes

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Total salary costs

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Total number of staff

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Number

On-costs percentage

Total staff costs (including on-costs)

Average on-costs percentage

Total sttaff costs (including on-costs)

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Total staff costs (including on-costs)

Estimated total cost of lost days due to wellbeing related sickness/abscence

Calculated based on DfE and HSE estimates.

To cover sickness absence (including long term sickness) do you use:

Cover Supervisors

Supply Staff

Both

Neither

To work out the approximate cost of wellbeing-related supply cover do you want to use:

Total supply costs

Approximate number of days covered with supply

Number of pupils

Supply Costs

Approximate number of teacher absence days covered with supply

Average cost of 1 days cover

We've populated this field with the average costs of 1 day of supply cover outside London. You can amend this value to reflect your average cost.

Approximate total supply costs

Total supply costs

Number of Pupils

Total supply costs

The average school spends £171 per pupil on supply costs each year, according to research by Schools Week.

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Total supply (hidden)

Estimated cost of supply cover due to wellbeing related abscence

Calculated using HSE estimate of the percentage of absences in education that have a wellbeing-related cause.

Cover Supervisors

Number of Cover Supervisors (FTE)

Total cost per supervisor, including on-costs.

This field is pre-filled with the average salary and on-costs of a cover supervisor outside of London.

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Total Cover Sup Costs

The approximate total cost of Cover Supervisors covering wellbeing related absences is:

Calculated using HSE estimate of the percentage of absences in education that have a wellbeing-related cause.

Staff Turnover

Do you know the approximate number of staff who left their employment last academic year?

Yes

Total headcount of all staff

Average staff turnover

Calculated based on DfE statistics of average turnover in schools.

How many staff left in the last academic year?

Average cost of staff turnover

Including indirect costs. This default value is based on education sector specific research by PWC, which includes direct and indirect costs, adjusted for inflation. Indirect costs include staff time.

Estimated total recruitment costs

Estimated recruitment costs attributed to poor wellbeing

Calculated using Chartered Institute of Personal Development (CIPD) statistics for the education sector.

Approximate direct recruitment costs attributed to poor staff wellbeing

Calculated on the average direct recruitment costs according to research which includes advertisements and other expenses. If you have a staff recruitment subscription, these costs may be lower. If you fill vacancies using agencies or have a high number of senior vacancies these costs may be higher.

Approximate indirect recruitment costs attributed to poor staff wellbeing

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Direct costs

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InDirect costs

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Total Direct costs

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Total Indirect costs

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