"Not only have we saved approximately £5k on our‘ premium’ but, as a Trust, we have calculated the total financial benefits to us of being a member of Education Mutual last academic year, when contrasted with the previous year with a different supplier, to be in the region of £40k."
Staff Absence Protection
The UK’s leading mutual providing staff absence protection and comprehensive health and wellbeing support.
Education Mutual provides a new innovative way to manage staff absence protection.
As the only member-owned DFE recommended Staff absence protection provider we run solely for the benefit of members rather than shareholders.

Education Mutual Staff Absence Protection
Choose to protect any combination of your staff be that teaching staff only, some or all non-teaching, support and site staff with flexible benefits designed by schools for schools.
All the benefits come as standard with all memberships.
Maternity Benefit (Up to £10,000) | Suspension Cover | Compassionate Leave |
Adoption Leave (Up to £10,000) | Jury Service | COVID – 19 |
Parental Leave (Up to £3,000) | Bereavement Leave | Trade Union Days |
Major incident cover | Interrupted Claim | Stranded staff cover |
Phased Return | Accident cover |