
In our recently published YouGov UK Health Survey – Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Education Profession – three quarters (74 per cent) of the 1,250 respondents told us that the physical symptoms they had experienced relating to stress and pressure were down to their workload and lack of work/life balance. Among senior leaders who reported symptoms, almost all (98 per cent) said this had been the case.
We know these problems are increasingly cited as major factors affecting recruitment and retention across the sector. The effects of poor mental health and wellbeing can have a far-reaching impact on a person and many aspects of their life. More than half of the school leaders we surveyed (53 per cent) reported their personal relationships had suffered as a result of the pressures they were experiencing, including anxiety, panic attacks and insomnia.
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