Staff
Supporting staff wellbeing is a central part of a whole-school or college approach to mental health and wellbeing.
School and college staff play a crucial role in supporting the education and mental wellbeing of their students. However, the pressure of workloads, deadlines, and a lack of resources can often significantly impact staff's own mental wellbeing.
Staff wellbeing is a crucial part of a whole-school or college approach to mental health and wellbeing.
Working in education can be stressful. Research by the Health and Safety Executive reports that education professionals had the third highest rates of work-related stress, depression or anxiety of any industry in the UK.
Research has also found that teacher stress has an impact on children and young people’s learning. Given this, it is important that schools and colleges measure and monitor staff wellbeing in order to provide staff with the support that they need.
SERVICES 4 SCHOOLS
White Woods Academy Trust pride themselves on supporting staff's mental health and wellbeing. They have teamed up with Services for Schools. Use the link to find out the many ways they can support all teaching staff.
