In this article, John Brady, CEO of Schools Advisory Service explores some of the key trends the organisation is seeing around education leaders’ health and wellbeing, and what strategies and actions we can take in response.
In a back-to-front fashion, I will start this article with a short reflective point, recognising you have exceptionally busy roles as trust leaders. So, if you only have chance to read this portion of the article (and I really do hope you read it in full!), you are driven to at least reflect on this for yourself and for others in your leadership team. Here goes!:
The role of an executive leader is undoubtedly a challenging one. The focus leaders have on the wellbeing and success of both staff and pupils is commendable but, it should not come at the cost of leaders’ own health and wellbeing. “Leaders last” cannot be, or cannot continue to be, accepted as the wellbeing strategy for trust and school leaders. Wellbeing for all needs to be a priority, all year round (during term-time as much as the holidays too).
I hope that you can take some time now to prioritise your own wellbeing, and to stay with me to read the short article below, exploring some of the most up-to-date challenges (and some suggested solutions) we are seeing at SAS when it comes to trust leaders’ wellbeing.
LEADERS WELLBEING FINDINGS
The following findings and statistics are gathered from across the 4,000 schools we support through our Staff Absence Insurance product, our 1-to-1 Leadership Wellbeing Assessments (Be Well Lead Well), and the coaching and wellbeing planning from our Leader Wellbeing Assessments. So, what do they tell us?
Please note Schools Advisory Service are part of a paid for partnership with Forum Strategy. When selecting our partners we do so with careful reference to their expertise and their ethos and values.
