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A culture of staff wellbeing: 18 practical mental health strategies

There are steps leaders and all staff can take to reduce the risks of workplace stress and burn-out. Mark Solomons sets out 18 practical strategies for ensuring good mental health among your school’s workforce
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The 2023 Teacher Wellbeing Index, published by Education Support, reveals that school leaders, teachers and support staff are all suffering from increased levels of work-related stress – in fact a fifth of teachers and a quarter of leaders felt they were facing acute work-related stress.

Of course, it will not come as a surprise to many of those working in schools to learn that wellbeing is declining. But what’s the solution?

The education sector is a challenging place to work and there are no quick or easy answers. Yet there are steps leaders and all staff can take to reduce the risks of workplace stress and burn-out.

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