Staff retention

59% of staff have considered leaving the sector in the past academic year due to pressures on their mental health and wellbeing (67% senior leaders, 59% school teachers)

55% of staff have actively sought to change or leave their current jobs (58% senior leaders, 53% school teachers)

68% of staff cited volume of workload as the main reason for thinking about leaving their jobs (83% senior leaders, 66% school teachers)

Sinéad Mc Brearty, our CEO, said “The Teacher Wellbeing Index 2022 presents another year of data on an exhausted workforce, with many scores flat-lining. This cannot go on. We have a duty of care to future generations of children and young people to retain passionate, talented teachers and leaders. Instead, stress and overwork has been normalised in the education sector. This will affect the lives and education of thousands of children and those in the least well-resourced areas will suffer most. This issue must be a priority for everyone who cares about education.”

At Education Support, we feel immense gratitude to those of you who support our work and want to improve this picture. Thank you for donating to us so that we can keep on being there.

If you’d like to read the survey in full, please visit educationsupport.org.uk/wellbeing-index