Staff wellbeing

Research has found that compassion reduces anxiety and stress and can improve emotional regulation – so how can staff and students learn to put it into practice?

Today’s recruitment and retention problems can be linked to ‘a lack of consistent support for and trust in teachers’ during the pandemic, says report

While there are external factors that contribute to staff retention, there are elements that the sector should identify and control itself, argues Leora Cruddas

Teachers must give children the language to talk about their emotions as a first step in managing feelings in a helpful way, says educational psychologist Cathleen Halligan

The increasing demands on teachers make it essential to look again at how everyone in the profession is kept safe and well, says Catherine Lawson

An independent review of Reading Council’s actions after the death of the headteacher highlights the ‘folly of a macho culture’ of high-stakes accountability in schools

Leora Cruddas, chief executive of the MAT sector body, says trusts should know their schools and heads, and not be reliant upon Ofsted to highlight problems

Can schools have an ‘unreasonable complaints’ policy? Can parents record meetings? And do you have to investigate all complaints no matter how outlandish?

More than half of headteachers would consider phased retirement, partly to avoid burnout, but a third don’t think it will be possible, according to research

The Tes Schools Awards celebrated the fantastic achievements of the school sector and teaching profession this year, which included a lifetime achievement award for executive headteacher John Morris OBE

Challenges facing this year’s GCSE exams cohort are significantly higher in disadvantaged schools, findings suggest

Union findings come as support staff are told to reject pay offer of up to 5.77 per cent