Wellbeing
Protecting our wellbeing must be our top priority. The nature of school leadership is that it can become all encompassing, taking time away from caring for our body and mind, from family and friends and the things we enjoy doing.
Leading in the current landscape of rising need and ask, set against a backdrop of underfunding, not only to our own sector but those that support it, a failed social contract and poor media coverage, means that as well as all encompassing it is also intensely stressful.
The most important thing to say is you are never alone, send Kirsty an email kirsty@norfolksla.co.uk and she will contact you and arrange for another head to be in touch ASAP as a safe person to talk to and share your current concerns with.
I have reached crisis point and need help
If you have reached the point at which you are considering leaving the profession or need to be signed off from work you can feel very alone, confused and scared. We don’t have a magic wand but do have some suggestions of support, click the box to find out more.
If you can support a leader in difficulty, please email Kirsty to add yourself to our register
Nothing on these pages is intended to diagnose or replace guidance from a medical professional, please still see your GP.
