Staff wellbeing in schools

Your approach to supporting and developing a mental health and wellbeing strategy must include staff for it to be successful. BounceTogether provides a range of materials designed to measure and promote wellbeing for staff.

Good staff wellbeing is essential for creating a mentally healthy school environment. Teachers can have as much influence on pupils’ happiness as they can on their academic outcomes and it is no secret that happy, motivated teachers produce better results.

Gain confidential insights to help you measure progress and focus on the tangible, practical actions that will make the most difference in your school.

Encourage and develop 'staff voice', support job satisfaction and improve staff motivation and engagement.

Reduce recruitment and retention challenges.

Collect regular data to inform the whole school wellbeing strategy. Demonstrate this commitment as required by Ofsted under the Leadership and Management strand.

Make comparisons over time and evidence the impact of any initiatives or actions taken. Segment findings by age, gender, role, and experience.

Support staff to become role models and prioritise their own mental health and wellbeing. A positive state of mind amongst adults in school has a constructive effect on pupils.

There is an association between teacher and pupil wellbeing; where there are happier teachers, there are happier pupils!
The most effective wellbeing measures are those embedded within supportive school cultures which aim to minimise workload and maximise feelings of autonomy and competence.
The culture, ethos and environment of a school influences the health and wellbeing of staff, their motivation and performance.
Focusing on staff wellbeing can help improve pupil performance, reduce costs and address recruitment and retention challenges.
77% of teaching staff experience poor mental health due to their work and 72% are stressed (this rises to 84% for senior leaders).

What are our schools saying?

Recommended by 98% of customers

BounceTogether is a great tool for being able to diagnose strengths and weaknesses. Once a quick, easy and user-friendly staff survey has been completed, you can immediately see the results and set up an action that same day. It’s a great tool for all leaders, to support good progress with measurable impact across school.

BounceTogether has allowed us to know how we are doing overall as a school in terms of fostering wellbeing of staff and pupils. More importantly, it has allowed us to dig a little further and understand how different groups of staff and pupils are doing.

Previously staff surveys were completed on paper and the process was archaic. Using BounceTogether made the process much easier, more insightful, and better for staff to let us know what thought about life in our school.

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Survey parents and carers

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Our most popular resources

The 8 Principles of a whole school approach

This document contains guidance to help you understand how BounceTogether can support your school in achieving the learning outcomes aligned to the Department for Education's 8 principles of a whole school approach to mental health and wellbeing.
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The HSE Work-Related Stress Scale

This 35 item scale is recognised in the Department For Education's Staff Wellbeing Charter meaning you can confidently sign it.
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The DfE Staff Wellbeing Charter

The education staff wellbeing charter is a declaration of support for and set of commitments to, the wellbeing and mental health of everyone working in education. All state-funded schools are invited to sign up to the charter, as a shared commitment to protect, promote and enhance the wellbeing of their staff.
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