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Supporting our teachers: Ministers must do better

As the pandemic continues, teachers are reaching breaking point. Ministers must do better, and that begins with making guidance clearer and giving schools the time and resources required. Sophie Howells explains

 

Our recently published report, Covid and the classroom, looks at working in education during the coronavirus pandemic and the impact on education professionals’ mental health and wellbeing. It revealed a profession struggling in specific ways during the crisis.

The report was based on YouGov research commissioned by Education Support and involving 3,034 education professionals. Some key themes emerged from the findings.

Of the many issues facing school staff during the pandemic, a lack of timely government guidance has presented a major challenge – 67 per cent of school leaders told us that this had been a particular difficulty for them since schools physically closed to the majority of children during the lockdown.

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