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.
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Exton Park is centrally located in Chester, and accessible via the M53, A483, A41, A56, and public transport from the city centre.
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University of Chester, Parkgate Road, Chester, CH1 4BJThe Greenway Gate, accessible between 7am – 9pm with your University pass, is located at the back of the overflow car park and is the nearest point of access to the Millennium Greenway cycle path that connects to routes throughout the city.
Bache train station is a 15-minute walk from Exton Park and Chester railway station is a 20-minute walk. Arriva 1A and Arriva 1 run frequent services that stop with a short walk to Exton Park. All three Park and Ride routes, PR1, PR2 and PR3 have connections within walking distance to Exton Park.
Parking on campus is limited, so we recommend using public transport and/or walking if possible.