Australian school principals at risk from violence, burnout, stress and self-harm, wellbeing survey finds
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MarMarch 2021 at 1:04am
School staff in Brisbane prepare online lessons for students during the pandemic. Workloads and conflict are driving alarming levels of stress among school principals, according to a major survey.
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Four in 10 Australian school principals have been subjected to violence at work in the past year and some are so stressed and exhausted they triggered self-harm alerts in a national wellbeing survey.
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Of 2,248 principals surveyed, 38 per cent reported being subjected to physical violence in the past year