14 May 2021 Education Staff Wellbeing Charter sets out actions to prioritise teacher mental health

Schools have been invited to sign up to a new charter to support teachers' mental health

The new Education Staff Wellbeing Charter includes twelve commitments by the DfE and Ofsted, including reducing unnecessary workloads, championing flexible working and diversity and improving access to mental health resources

It also includes eleven actions that schools and trusts can pledge to take to improve staff wellbeing:

1. Prioritise staff mental health 
2. Give staff the support they need to take responsibility for their own and other people's wellbeing
3. Give managers access to the tools and resources they need to support the wellbeing of those they line-manage
4. Establish a clear communications policy
5. Give staff a voice in decision making
6. Drive down unnecessary workload
7. Champion flexible working and diversity
8. Create a good behaviour culture
9. Support staff to progress in their careers
10. A sub-strategy for protecting leader wellbeing and mental health
11. Hold ourselves accountable, including by measuring staff wellbeing