Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education – in the Senedd at 1:42 pm on 28 September 2016.
Thank you for that response. Of course, it seems that this stress is mostly apparent on headteachers, who, at the end of the day, have to do a great deal of the additional bureaucratic work. We know that there are difficulties here in Wales, with a number of vacant headteacher positions and a number of temporary headteachers in place. This, again, creates more stress not only for those individuals, but for the teachers who are left behind and who have to pick up the additional burdens because these posts are left unfilled. Can I ask you therefore what the Government is doing to try and tackle the disincentives that are out there—with stress clearly being one of them—for teachers in stepping up to headteacher roles?