A third-year history teacher shares how moving to a four-day working week has transformed their work-life balance. With school support, they've been able to pursue personal passions whilst maintaining professional commitment, returning to the classroom with renewed focus and creativity.
Kieran Anderson, English teacher at The Grangefield Academy, talks about how teaching wasn't his original plan, but became his passion and purpose.
Emily Crow, deputy director at London South Teaching School Hub, shares Charles Dickens’ approach to flexible working and her experience of the benefits it has brought to the school community.
In this blog post teachers at Westminster Primary School in Bradford share how they’ve reduced workload and improved teacher wellbeing through using the workload reduction toolkit. Culture eats strategy for breakfast. It's really important that managing workload in school isn’t …
Andrea William-Jones is an assistant headteacher at Winterbourne Academy, South Gloucestershire, part of the Olympus Trust. She tells us how coaching and setting positive boundaries for herself has improved her wellbeing. Wellbeing is about having the courage to do what …
In this blog post teachers at Bedford Academy share how they’ve prioritised teacher wellbeing and improved staff retention. How are you managing staff wellbeing? To manage wellbeing effectively, it can't be an add on, it needs to be part of …
Karen Marsh, mental health lead at Southport College shares her college’s experience of senior mental health lead training and how it’s helped to further support its staff and students with their wellbeing.
Claire Lee, head teacher at Burley Oaks Primary School in West Yorkshire shares how her school is supporting pupil wellbeing at an earlier age to help them as they grow up.
Several schools from across the country share their different ways and approaches to supporting pupil and staff mental health and wellbeing.
Alastair Field, headteacher at Roundhay School’s Primary Campus in Leeds, shares why he believes a key part of his role is to spread the word about his fantastic team and the remarkable things they do for their students.