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Teachers: Stress

Commons · Question 115069 · Tabled 23 Feb 2026 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 3 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Matt Vickers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what measures have been introduced to help reduce levels of workload-related stress for teachers.

Answer

Answered by Georgia Gould, 3 Mar 2026

The department monitors the relationship between workload and wellbeing through the ‘Working Lives of Teachers and Leaders’ study. Wave 4 shows improved wellbeing across all Office for National Statistics-validated personal wellbeing measures in 2025.In c...