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Coronavirus update: We continue to be here to provide mental health and wellbeing support to all education staff.
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.
Opening up about mental health: teachers and education staff
Since having a breakdown as a result of work-related burnout, geography teacher Victoria has been an advocate for teacher mental health and wellbeing. She shares what she has learnt along the way.
Through the Looking Glass: Teachers, you are LEGENDS
After leaving full time teaching, Emma Kell is looking back at schools and teaching with a fresh perspective. Here are some of the things she's noticed.
Teaching and the menopause
As calls for mandatory protection for women going through the menopause increase, we have talked to teaching staff about the specific challenges of dealing with symptoms of the menopause in an education context.
Building positive relationships with colleagues, students and parents
The success of a school or college is based solely on the quality of its relationships. Primary school teacher Adrian Bethune outlines the five key ingredients you need to build successful relationships.
5 wellbeing tips for the new academic year
Dr Emma Kell shares tips she's borrowed and stolen over the years. They are small things that have made a big difference to her and teachers she knows.