Primary school principals suffering burnout from workload, conference told

Research by the IPPN over the past two years finds the incidence of burnout, stress, and depressive symptoms among primary school leaders was almost double that of the healthy working population.

Many primary school principals are struggling to keep up with the increasingly complex demands of the job, and many report suffering from burnout, stress, and depressive symptoms.

That is among the key findings of research published by the Irish Principal Participation Network (IPPN) on the second day of its annual conference in Killarney.