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Teachers: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of mental health and wellbeing amongst teachers.

answeredCameron ThomasDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
20 Feb 2026
Target answer date
24 Feb 2026
Answer
2 Mar 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 20 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of mental health and wellbeing amongst teachers.

  2. 24 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 2 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    Supporting the wellbeing of our expert education workforce is critical to this government’s mission to break down the barriers to opportunity for children and young people.​​The department tracks teacher wellbeing through the longitudinal study, the Worki...

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