Staff wellbeing

The latest news, analysis and professional advice on staff wellbeing, including workload, flexible working, school safety and teacher retention initiatives

Thursday

26th Dec 2024

Flexible working: what are schools and trusts offering?
Flexible working in education is slowly increasing in popularity. But what does it look like on the ground and how can more settings follow suit? George Phillips finds out
Stretched clock

Saturday

21st Dec 2024

How we’re giving teachers a nine-day fortnight
Dixons Academies’ CEO Luke Sparkes explains why the trust is introducing a radical flexible working policy to help tackle teacher workload and boost recruitment and retention
How we’re giving teachers a nine-day fortnight

Friday

20th Dec 2024

2024 saw ‘big steps forward’, but SEND system must be fixed in 2025
ASCL chief Pepe Di’lasio reflects on 12 months in education that have brought some seismic changes in the system but can only be viewed as the start of a long journey
2024 saw ‘big steps forward’ - but SEND system must be fixed in 2025

Thursday

19th Dec 2024

Stigma, safeguarding and social change: toilet training in early years
Staff report increasing numbers of children starting school without being toilet trained – but the issue is complex and requires careful consideration, writes Julian Grenier
Learner plate potty training

Wednesday

18th Dec 2024

Quarter of secondaries record a weapons incident
Poor pupil behaviour is affecting the wellbeing of most teachers and school leaders, DfE research shows
Metal detector

Friday

13th Dec 2024

Unions: Workload pressures at ‘crisis point’
In joint evidence to School Teachers’ Review Body, education unions also call for reverse to real-terms pay cuts
Unions: Workload pressures at ‘crisis point’

Thursday

12th Dec 2024

EEF: ChatGPT cuts lesson planning by nearly a third
The saved time did not come at the expense of quality, independent evaluation finds
ChatGPT lesson planning

Wednesday

11th Dec 2024

Support is out there for ‘overwhelmed’ teachers
Three teachers behind a wellbeing group for educators in Scotland have noticed a ‘sharp increase’ in anxiety, stress and depression this school year
egg with plaster

Monday

9th Dec 2024

Why celebrating little wins is a big deal
It’s easy to only praise the big successes in school – but if you want to keep your teachers happy then make an effort to show your appreciation for all the little things they do, says this leader
Holding a small trophy

Friday

6th Dec 2024

The reasons Scottish teachers give for leaving the profession
GTCS research over a 19-month period looks at why thousands of teachers did not renew their registration
The reasons Scottish teachers give for leaving the profession

Wednesday

4th Dec 2024

Why PPA hasn’t solved teacher workload - and how to fix it
Planning, preparation and assessment (PPA) time was meant to cut teacher workload and raise standards, but it has done neither, argues Mark Roberts. He sets out how we could begin to put that right
PPA workload

Tuesday

3rd Dec 2024

Threat of formal dispute over teachers’ class-contact time
Tomorrow’s Scottish Budget is the last chance for ministers to lay out a ‘very clear plan’ on how teachers’ class-contact time will be reduced, warns SNCT
Smashed hour glass