The Purpose of the Review

* To gather information on the impact of Burnout on the teaching profession, including taking evidence from practising teachers.

* Make recommendations on how the impact of Burnout can be reduced.

* Write a report on the Review Panel's findings to: contribute to knowledge about the impact of Burnout on schools, share strategies on how to reduce it, and to prompt a dialogue with the DfE.

* Submit the report to the DfE in September 2025 and simultaneously publish it on social media.

Would you like to make a difference to teachers' mental health by joining our Review Panel? We are looking for expertise in a range of roles in schools. 

Scroll down to the next section to find out more.

Join the Review Panel

  • Educators will be invited to apply to volunteer to join the Review according to the roles in the next section. 
  • Applicants will be asked to submit an application on MS Forms.
  • Members of the panel will be selected from the applicants in  each category (see above) or, where there are insufficient applicants in a category, they will join the panel, subject to the responses on their application.
  • The panel will meet online via Zoom once each term in 2024-25.
  • At the first Review meeting, we will explore methods of gathering information and making recommendations.
  • Steve Waters will gather information, strategies and recommendations by midday on 31st July 2025. He will write a report for the panel's comments by the end of August. 
  • The final report will be sent to the DfE in September and simultaneously released on social media.

Click here, or scan the qr code, to apply to join the Review Panel

Roles of Educators on Review Panel


Steve Waters, Joint Director of Teach Well Toolkit, will chair. We invite volunteers to join the panel in the following roles: 

  • Headteacher: Primary
  • Headteacher: Secondary
  • Headteacher: Sixth Form
  • Executive Headteacher
  • Senior Mental Health Lead: Primary
  • Senior Mental Health Lead: Secondary
  • CEO
  • HR specialist
  • SEND specialist
  • Alternative Provision specialist
  • Early Years teacher
  • KS1 teacher
  • KS2 teacher
  • Secondary teacher: Mainly KS3
  • Secondary teacher: Mainly KS4
  • Sixth Form teacher
  • Link governor for staff/pupil wellbeing and mental health
  • Headteacher Union Representative
  • Teacher Union Representative
  • Teaching Assistant

Click here, or scan the QR Code, to apply to join the Review Panel

How information will be gathered 

  • An anonymous survey, using a Teams form, open to all educators to complete.
  • From individual members of the Review Panel.
  • From Review Meetings.
  • From a literature search.

Click here, or scan the QR code, to access the survey

Cultures of Staff Wellbeing and Mental Health in Schools

 

The review will include strategies from the 32 case studies from headteachers and mental health leads in Steve Waters' book. 

  • 32 individual chapter case-study accounts by headteachers and mental wellbeing leads of how they are implementing staff and pupil wellbeing in their schools.
  • Rich resource of strategies to adapt to your own context.
  • Identify the Maslach factors that cause Burnout.
  • Recognise and tackle staff burnout in your school.
  • Why teachers putting ‘a brave face on it’ is ineffective: Jonathan Glazzard's ground-breaking research identifying a connection between teacher wellbeing, pupil emotional response and attainment.
  • ‘Buffer’ leadership and why recognising it is crucial to headteachers' mental health.

"The editor not only encourages the reader to engage & empower all staff to see and own their own wellbeing, but also leaders to model self-care & the promotion of sustainable wellbeing behaviour."

  
Patrick Ottley-O’Connor, Former Executive Headteacher & Wellbeing Leadership Coach.

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How does Teach Well Toolkit support school staff mental health?

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