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Coronavirus update: We continue to be here to provide mental health and wellbeing support to all education staff.
Moving beyond the teacher wellbeing crisis: flourishing in teaching and leadership
Emma Kell interviews Karen Edge, who through her role at the Institute of Education, offers some practical and concrete suggestions to help teachers deal with some of the struggles that come with a demanding and stressful job.
Teachers share tips for managing workload in new BBC Teach film
To help others struggling with workload, we asked teachers how they effectively managing their time. Watch what they said in this new BBC Teach film.
Workload vs wellbeing
Workload and wellbeing are interlinked but different: workload is more about our ability to be productive, whereas wellbeing is about looking after ourselves to give us the best possible chance of being able to tackle our workload.
Staffrooms: safe haven or hotbed of discontent?
Who doesn’t come to your staffroom? Have you ever asked why? Are our staffrooms genuinely social areas or do we have some staff who never venture beyond their pigeonhole?
Shining a torch on teacher wellbeing… and keeping the candle burning
Emma Kell reflects on the findings of our Teacher Wellbeing Index and asks teaching professionals to challenge the culture of presenteeism and to look after themselves and each other.
Support for trainees: don’t suffer in silence
Early Career teachers face a huge learning curve and it’s easy to feel isolated if you’re struggling. Lisa Fathers shares some tips to help trainees manage their mental health and wellbeing.
Surviving November
Here are a few tried-and-tested tips for the teaching profession to get through the short days and long nights of November.
Teachers talk about workload in a new BBC Teach film
Teachers have opened up about their workload and the guilt they feel about taking time off sick, in a new BBC Teach film.
Teachers more likely to work when ill
Nearly half of all school teachers in England have told us that they ‘always’ feel compelled to come to work even when they feel unwell.
Teachers open up about dealing with parents in a new BBC Teach film
We’ve been working with BBC Teach to explore the pressures of dealing with parents.
Empowering teachers who are LGBTQ+
Parental protests against teaching children about same-sex relationships have had an impact on teachers who identify as LGBTQ+. Jonathan Glazzard and Samuel Stones look at teachers' experiences in an increasingly hostile climate.
What makes a happy school?
When staff are happy at work they’re more productive, have less time off sick, are better at their jobs, and have happier students. So how can we make schools a happy place to teach and learn? Adrian Bethune outlines five factors key to building a happy school.