Does the bad weather have an impact on teachers’ health and wellbeing? Julian Stanley considers the cost of a long winter.

Following the teaching union conferences, Julian Stanley considers how to tackle the reality of increasing workloads.

Julian Stanley discusses the need of school governors to understand the importance of the culture and values of the schools they govern.

On national day for change, Julian Stanley considers what all teachers can do to help remove the stigma of mental health and prevent teacher suicide. Today is NHS Change Day. It is, as the promotional literature describes it: "the largest ever simultaneous improvement event in the NHS, mobilising 65,000 colleagues into a single day of collective improvement action". The key purpose of the day is "to make a difference for patients and to do something better together".

With January coming to a close, Julian Stanley looks at the extreme measures some teachers are taking to make ends meet

Following the release of figures showing that teacher morale is at a new low, Julian Stanley looks at what other factors could be contributing.

During anti-bullying week (19-23 September), schools focused on bullying among students, running anti-bullying assemblies and PSHE sessions. Maybe you led one of these. But far fewer schools will have held anti-bullying sessions for their employees, however many of the teachers we have spoken to recently say they have encountered bullying at work.  Many people consider workplace bullying to be an inevitable part of work life, especially when the pressure is on due to budget cuts. Is it?

On Monday 5th November, a school Headteacher delivered an INSET day to her staff team. At the end of the day, a member of staff found her hanged in her office. 

Music for Youth’s 'Schools Prom', what an amazing event!  I went to the first of three nights (with different musical programmes covering classical, jazz, rock, gospel and more) which affords literally thousands of young people the opportunity to perform in the magnificent surroundings of the Royal Albert Hall.

Teacher Support Network has begun gathering and publishing ‘thank you’ notes to teachers. Julian Stanley tells us what kind of things people have been writing and what this shows about the impact that teachers make.