With school budgets as tight as ever, demands on teachers are increasing. Staff are working harder than ever and the statistics around the number of teachers quitting the chalkface are concerning. Indeed, in the last two years we have lost around 1 in 10 of all qualified teachers.
According to Education Support’s annual Teacher Wellbeing Index (2023), 78% of the school staff surveyed reported that they are stressed, 35% reported symptoms of burn-out in the last year, and 34% experienced symptoms of exhaustion. When broken down by role, the highest reported rates of these symptoms were for senior leaders where responsibility and accountability are the highest.
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