Best Practice

Staff wellbeing: A whole-school approach

The evidence suggests that a focus on staff wellbeing can lead to raised pupil attainment. Julian Stanley explains

We know that good health and wellbeing are essential to happy schools. Great strides have been made in recognising their importance. Yet this awareness is often in direct contrast to the picture of what is actually happening on the ground in many schools.

If students cannot get the support they may need, where does that leave staff? More than ever, there is a need for staff and students alike to feel more resilient and better able to cope with pressure, and for heads and leadership teams to “lead by example”.

Calls to our confidential helpline from school heads in relation to workplace pressure are growing. School leaders, teachers and support staff alike discuss the strain they are under and dilemmas they are facing. In such a difficult climate, how can school leaders really make positive change happen?

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