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Ofsted branded ‘disingenuous’ over wellbeing review

Ofsted’s pledge to review whether inspections are affecting staff wellbeing has been branded “disingenuous” after it emerged that no new action is actually being taken. The Department for Education and Ofsted made 12 commitments under an education staff wellbeing charter published this week to help “protect” the mental health of school staff. One of Ofsted’s […]

Ofsted to review framework’s impact on staff wellbeing, new charter pledges

Ofsted will review the impact its inspection framework has on staff wellbeing and the government has promised not to publish guidance outside of working hours as part of a new charter unveiled today. The Department for Education and Ofsted have made 12 commitments as part of the new education staff wellbeing charter. From the autumn, […]

DfE extends school leaders wellbeing service to 160 more heads with £62k

A mental health and wellbeing support service for school leaders will be extended after an extra £62,000 in government funding. We are now seeing significant signs of burnout across the profession The school leaders’ wellbeing service, a pilot scheme run by Education Support to provide online peer and telephone support to about 250 school leaders, […]

Hypnotherapist helps to overcome teacher stress

Teachers at an east London primary have teamed up with a sports hypnotherapist who improves “mental toughness” in elite athletes to combat the challenges and stress of the pandemic. The initiative, along with online parental support groups, support dogs and yoga, are some of the measures schools have introduced as they prioritise improving mental health […]

DfE to measure school staff happiness under new wellbeing charter

The government has committed to monitoring how happy school staff are, and will publish findings alongside a new wellbeing charter. The Department for Education has committed to implementing all seven recommendations put forward by the expert group on education staff wellbeing (see below). That includes pledges to measure the wellbeing of staff at regular intervals […]

Hinds to announce wellbeing focus at ASCL conference

Damian Hinds has commissioned his fifth advisory group since taking office – this time looking at boosting school teacher and leader wellbeing. The education secretary will tell the annual conference of school leaders’ union ASCL today the group will lead the government’s efforts to look at “how teachers and school leaders can be better supported […]

NAHT: Schools can’t get hold of mental health support for children

Over 90 per cent of teachers are unable to access specialist mental health support for the children in their school when it’s needed, according to a poll taken by school leaders’ union NAHT at its national conference in Liverpool today. Paul Whiteman, NAHT’s general secretary, said the system is “in crisis”, with unsupported children and young […]

Tips for improving staff wellbeing in schools

Amid the retention crisis and ever-increasing levels of teacher stress, it has never been more important to look after staff wellbeing. Sonia Mainstone-Cotton has some suggestions Staff wellbeing is a significant challenge for managers and school leaders, who are in an excellent position to make a difference to the lives of their staff. If your […]