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School Leader Wellbeing Survey Reveals Worrying Pandemic Stress Levels

School Leader Wellbeing Survey Reveals Worrying Pandemic Stress Levels

22nd November 2020 · blog_post

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Many thanks to all those 721 school leaders around the world who took part in my online survey last month. I have prepared an infographic to share the highlights. A complete report, which will include full demographic information as well as an analysis of the qualitative data, will be available sometime in December. To ensure that you receive a copy, please contact me.

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