How can we ensure every day is a wellbeing day?

Three years ago, I moved back to the UK, having worked internationally for seven years. Being an active educator on social media, I had read about a potential teacher wellbeing crisis and the impact of this for recruitment and retention. After taking on a role as deputy head in a small independent school in Northamptonshire, it became apparent that teacher morale had been declining, so I decided to develop strategies to change this. Beneficially, the school I lead belongs to a group of schools which places teacher wellbeing at the top of its agenda. While we are fortunate to have access to a plethora of wellbeing-related resources and an annual 'Global Be Well Day', I realised that the key to boosting teacher morale would be in developing a whole-school approach that would impact teachers in the day-to-day context of our school. I spent time reading around the topic - Myatt (2016) helped to shape my vision for teacher wellbeing by advising that thoughtful leaders need to consider