The Wellbeing Cost of Being In-Between Role Ambiguity, Workload, and Burnout Among Middle Leaders

Heads of department, year leaders, SENCOs — the middle layer of school leadership is under more pressure than ever. Nearly half of school leaders now report feeling burnt out "often" or "all of the time," yet those absorbing the most strain often have the least authority to change it.

Join us for a public engagement lecture exploring why middle leadership has become one of the hardest jobs in education, and what it would actually take to fix it. Drawing on the latest research, this session unpacks the three forces driving burnout in the "person-in-the-middle" role, and closes with an open floor for questions and debate.

Free and open to the public. No prior knowledge required — just curiosity about what's really going on inside our schools.