Teacher & Pupil Wellbeing

Teacher and pupil wellbeing are essential to effective teaching, learning and long-term school improvement.

In 2026, schools are balancing increasing emotional demands alongside high expectations for learning and behaviour. Evidence consistently shows that staff wellbeing influences classroom climate, relationships and pupil outcomes and that calm, predictable environments support both learning and professional sustainability.

This strand recognises that wellbeing is not an add-on. It focuses on sustainable practice, professional judgement and emotionally safe classroom environments that support both staff and pupils over time.

This strand includes the following micro-credential courses:

Teacher Wellbeing: Sustainable Practice, Not Self-Care Myths

Reframes wellbeing as a shared, professional responsibility rather than individual resilience alone.

2. Creating Calm, Predictable Learning Environments

Explores how routines, clarity and predictability support emotional safety, learning and wellbeing.

3. Supporting Pupils While Maintaining Professional Trust
Supports teachers to balance care, boundaries and professional judgement in everyday practice.

Each micro-credential is self-paced, reflective and immediately applicable and complements the accredited course.

This strand also includes a micro-webinar designed for whole-staff learning and discussion:

Wellbeing, Boundaries and Professional Trust in 2026

The session supports staff to:

develop shared understanding of wellbeing in school contexts
reflect on boundaries and expectations
consider links between wellbeing, behaviour and learning
align practice across teams and phases

Webinars are suitable for:

staff meetings
INSET sessions
shared discussion alongside micro-credentials

Webinars are pre-recorded for flexible access.

This strand is designed for:

teachers (KS1–KS2)
teaching assistants
subject leaders
senior and middle leaders

It supports schools to:

strengthen staff wellbeing and sustainability
create calmer, more predictable classrooms
reduce reactive approaches to wellbeing and behaviour
build professional trust through consistency and clarity

The focus is on sustainable, human-centred practice that supports both staff and pupils over time.

Teacher Wellbeing & Workload Management
3 hours

This course provides structured, evidence-informed professional learning to support sustainable teaching practice.

It focuses on:

understanding workload and stress drivers
managing competing demands
setting realistic professional boundaries
embedding wellbeing into everyday practice

The course supports both individual reflection and whole-school conversation, helping schools develop practical, sustainable approaches to wellbeing.