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Reducing teacher stress: how technology can help find a balance between wellbeing & workload

Although highly rewarding, teaching has always been a challenging and demanding profession. It requires extensive effort, tireless dedication, and a selfless, empathetic nature. In recent years, the job has become increasingly difficult. Facing unmanageable workloads, shrinking wages, and unrealistic accountability measures, it’s no surprise that teacher vacancies are at their highest level since 2010. Education […]

Three-quarters of school staff stressed, report warns

Senior leaders were more likely to report feeling stressed, with more than four in five doing so

Teacher absence spike forces ‘tipping point’ closures

Schools are being forced to shut their doors as the numbers of teachers forced into isolation pushes them past the “tipping point”. A survey by Teacher Tapp has found the number of teachers reporting they are isolating due to Covid jumped to eight per cent this week – around double that reported before half-term. When […]