Staff wellbeing

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

Yesterday

19th Mar 2025

Lords vote against ending tax relief for private schools
Legislation would mean over 1,000 private schools would no longer be able to claim business rate tax relief
House of lords with barrier

Monday

17th Mar 2025

Workload Around the World: Avoiding out-of-hours work
In the first of a new series, a senior leader in Qatar discusses her school’s approach to ensuring that staff workload remains manageable – and why more flexible working is the goal
Workload Around the World: Avoiding out-of-hours work

Friday

14th Mar 2025

Social media being ‘weaponised’ against schools and teachers
ASCL president tells conference that tech billionaires should be forced to protect pupils from the dangers of their technology
A leading figure in a headteachers' union will call on social media platforms to be brought to heel.

Wednesday

12th Mar 2025

Why schools resist flexible working (and how to change their minds)
Despite much rhetoric about flexible working, there is not enough flexibility for teachers in schools – and that’s down to a number of core challenges, argues Mark Roberts, who details how to fix them
Stretching Time

Saturday

8th Mar 2025

Headteachers’ gender pay gap ‘has widened to a chasm’
On International Women’s Day, new data reveals that the gender pay gap for some school leaders is at its worst for 13 years
Headteachers' gender pay gap has widened to a ‘chasm’, school leaders warn

Wednesday

5th Mar 2025

Behaviour overtakes workload as a top concern for primary teachers
Teachers in primary are also more worried about support for pupils’ social, emotional and mental health needs, research shows
Primary school boy annoyed

Tuesday

4th Mar 2025

More than 4 in 5 heads suffer abuse from parents
The NAHT warns that its members are facing increasing abuse including threats, online trolling, discrimination and violence
More than 4 in 5 heads face abuse from parents

Friday

14th Feb 2025

MAT defends extending day plan after strike threat
Outwood Grange Academies Trust says its current day falls short of the expected 32.5-hour weekly minimum
School boys working with clocks

Wednesday

12th Feb 2025

Harden rules on violence against teachers, ministers told
Schools should have to report violence against staff to police, say Tories in bill debate – but Labour says they can already do this
Pupils fighting in class

Wednesday

5th Feb 2025

Why reflective practice is key to supporting pupils’ mental health
Providing teachers with safe, confidential and reflective spaces in school will improve pupils’ emotional wellbeing – as well as that of teachers themselves, says Fiona McFarlane
Why reflective practice is key to supporting pupils’ mental health

Wednesday

29th Jan 2025

More children will come to school hungry, warns poverty report
The impact of the cost-of-living crisis on pupils’ ability to learn is highlighted in a report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Empty plate with child's hands

Tuesday

28th Jan 2025

Phillipson dismisses Conservative call for school phone ban law
Education secretary calls the proposals a ‘headline-grabbing gimmick’
Phillipson on mobile phone ban