No wonder teachers have high stress levels

REGARDING the story about a Swindon teacher who was found three times over the drink-drive limit in class. I hope she is being properly supported during her community order.

This case illustrates the stress all teachers have experienced throughout 2020 and are now continuing to experience in 2021.

One of the headaches is frequently having to redesign lessons and courses to suit students who are in school and those who are expected to be working online. Much of this work cannot be done in school so home life suffers more than ever.

Headteachers have had to rely on online systems to run “the business” and to keep personal contact to a minimum. Teachers have also had little personal contact with colleagues but lots of contact with numbers of children. It is no surprise that the signs of stress are missed. Do your readers know what the signs of stress are?

John Davies Wiltshire