Flexible working in our school
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.
Teacher wellbeing
Our pupils find joy learning in smaller groups
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Kemisola Okhani, Posted on:
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Primary schools, Pupil premium & PE premium, Pupil wellbeing and behaviour, Teacher wellbeing
Morden Mount Primary School is a mixed community school with pupils aged 3 to 11, located in Greenwich, London. Kemisola Okhani, Deputy Headteacher shares her experience using tutoring to further support pupils in their learning.
Supporting mental health and wellbeing at our school
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Emma Scelsi, Posted on:
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Pupil wellbeing and behaviour, Teacher mental health, Teacher wellbeing
As the senior mental health lead at St Vincent’s Primary School in London, Emma Scelsi tells us about her schools’ approach to supporting pupils with their mental health and wellbeing.
How our school is managing teacher workload
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Aaishah Khan, Elizabeth Whetham and Megan Humphreys, Posted on:
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Reducing teacher workload, Teacher wellbeing
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 …
Thank you, teachers, for all of your hard work and determination!
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Seana Henry and Matthew Shanks, Posted on:
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Inspiring teachers, Primary schools, Pupil wellbeing and behaviour, Secondary schools, Teacher wellbeing, Uncategorized
Seana Henry, headteacher at Belleville Wix Academy talks about how she grew up admiring teachers, and then became one herself. Generations of amazing teachers My mum was a teacher at the primary school I went to as a child, I remember going …
Be brave, be you: how I learned to set boundaries as a school leader
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Andrea William-Jones, Posted on:
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Teacher mental health, Teacher wellbeing, Teachers' reflections
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 …
Embedding staff wellbeing at the heart of our school culture
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Laura Fordham, Chris Deller, Dave Marsham and Santay Lal, Posted on:
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Teacher mental health, Teacher wellbeing, Teachers' reflections
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 …
Improving wellbeing support through senior mental health lead training
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Karen Marsh, Posted on:
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Pupil wellbeing and behaviour, Teacher mental health, Teacher wellbeing
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.
Empowering primary school children to take a proactive approach to wellbeing
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Claire Lee, Posted on:
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Pupil wellbeing and behaviour, Teacher wellbeing, Uncategorized
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.
Supporting mental health and wellbeing in schools
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Louisa Williams, Sion Williams and Hannah Woodhouse, Posted on:
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Professional Development, Pupil wellbeing and behaviour, Teacher mental health, Teacher wellbeing, Uncategorized
Several schools from across the country share their different ways and approaches to supporting pupil and staff mental health and wellbeing.