Staff wellbeing

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

Thursday

26th Oct 2023

Weekly round-up: Ofsted chief probe and RSHE warning
This week’s essential education news includes a judge’s ruling over the Ofsted chief’s comments on home education and schools’ fears about the DfE’s latest RSHE demand
Round, up RHSE

Wednesday

25th Oct 2023

School leader burnout more than doubles
Senior leaders are being ‘broken’ by the pressures of workload, accountability and funding shortages, warns union leader
Burnout
What type of education reform is best for Scotland?
How a gathering of teachers and other key figures came to a semblance of consensus over the future of Scottish education
Paint samples

Friday

20th Oct 2023

Scottish teachers are ‘overworked and underpaid’, EIS tells UN
The union says ‘national action’ is needed on teacher workload, lack of preparation time and pay restoration
So tired

Wednesday

18th Oct 2023

Why we’ve created a menopause policy
A trust CEO explains why she’s introduced a menopause policy to try to prevent school staff from suffering at work in silence
Why we’ve created a menopause policy

Tuesday

17th Oct 2023

MAT inspections carry ‘huge risks’, MPs told
MPs have begun an inquiry into Ofsted’s work with schools – here are six highlights from the first evidence session
Ofsted inspections of multi-academy trusts are 'inevitable', MPs have been told

Monday

16th Oct 2023

Why people, not processes, are key to leadership success
An experienced international leader shares a key lesson learned from his career that all new leaders can benefit from
Why people, not processes, are key to leadership success

Friday

13th Oct 2023

‘A whirlwind of anguish’: leading a school after a pupil dies
The headteacher of the school attended by Brianna Ghey, who was tragically murdered earlier this year, reflects on leading a school community through ‘the most horrendous thing’
Briana Ghey

Monday

9th Oct 2023

How one simple idea transformed our wellbeing work
When this school wanted to showcase its efforts to promote good mental health to students it realised there was an easy solution that would have a big impact
Wellbeing painting Hayes

Sunday

8th Oct 2023

Why ‘flourishing’ matters in schools
Creating an environment in which children and staff can thrive is crucial for learning and mental health, says Oxford mindfulness professor Willem Kuyken
Why ‘flourishing’ matters - and how to bring it to your school

Friday

6th Oct 2023

‘We must do more for teacher-fathers’
For the final piece in the series looking at how parenthood impacts teachers, Emma Sheppard discusses how conditions for teacher-fathers and partners can be improved
Father teachers

Thursday

5th Oct 2023

Weekly round-up: Teacher burnout and replacing A levels
This week’s essential education news includes a warning that teaching is becoming a ‘military tour of duty’, Sunak’s plan for a new qualification and worries about MAT finances
Weekly round-up: Teacher burnout and replacing A levels