Targets and workload affecting teachers' mental health
Performance targets, curriculum changes and heavy workload are harming the mental health of teachers in England and Wales, a study suggests.Researchers who interviewed 39 teachers from across the country found evidence that "managerialism" in schools was causing stress and mental health problems.Many of the teachers believed that having to focus on targets and results was fundamentally altering their role as educators and undermining the pupil-teacher relationship.Teachers spoke of disillusionment, loss of self-esteem and failure, leading some to take early retirement, said the study authors.