Teaching can be an extremely stressful job, with long hours and evening/weekend work to do out of standard office hours. Team that with the pressure of Ofsted inspections and observations as well as problematic children and difficult parents and you have a recipe for occupational stress.

So how can you deal with this stress as a teacher and make sure that it doesn’t get on top of you?

The worse thing that you can do is bottle up any feelings of stress and pressure in the hope that they will go away, there are many places you can go to discuss the causes of your stress such as you Head teacher, teaching colleagues or your union but it’s important to remain professional and not be tempted to vent on social media or to people who may discuss things that you have said to others.

As a teacher remaining professional is very important but you must find a way to release your stress, whether it’s going for a walk in the evening after you have finished your work, having a bath and reading a book or a good old fashioned glass of vino! A relaxed teacher is a good one so try to stay calm and let go of stress.