Stigma around burnout must be challenged | Letters

Readers respond to the Green MP Carla Denyer’s decision to take time out from her work

Gaby Hinsliff’s excellent article about the Green MP Carla Denyer (The curse of burnout Britain affects politicians as much as everyone else: give Carla Denyer a break, 26 May) powerfully articulates a reality faced by far too many. As a volunteer taking calls for Headrest, a helpline supporting school leaders, I regularly hear evidence of the pressures she describes.

Many school leaders experience the “moral injury” Hinsliff identifies, particularly around the provision of special educational needs and disabilities, where rising demand too often has to be met from inadequate funding.