About Us
All About Happy Schools
what is Our Story?
How Happy Schools was born?
It was a Tuesday Afternoon and a group of teachers in an inner city London school were sat in the staff room talking about deadlines that were looming and their work-life balance (or lack of it). The conversation swiftly moved onto friends and family in the profession. As the conversation came to a close it dawned on them that teaching was not the same at every school.
This simple realisation that not all teachers spend their weekends marking books and their evenings typing up detailed lesson plans gave rise to a simple idea and Happy Schools was born.
Happy Schools is created by teachers for teachers to help teachers take their first step towards a happier work life balance.
What do we offer?
We hold exclusive and up to date well-being data on over 32,000 schools across the UK to help teachers make an informed decision about where to work.
Who is the website for?
With a wealth of well-being data, Happy Schools was designed to help teachers achieve a healthier work-life balance. We also hold well-being data on support staff and school leaders so if you work in a school and are looking for a better work-life balance, sign up now.
With research showing that unhappy teachers have a negative effect on their student’s academic performance and happiness, the data on this site would be useful to parents.
The data could be used by school governors and leadership who have a responsibility towards their staff and should use the data to get an insight into the well-being of their staff because unhappy teachers have both a financial and academic toll on schools.
The data on the site would also be useful for other external agencies with an interest in this sector including the Department for Education and the Office for Standards in Education, Children Services and Skills.
How does the access plans work?
When you sign up to one of our plans you will receive instant access to our exclusive happiness, work-life balance, workload, culture and mental health school statistics (where available) as well as having access to our premium features such as the official school happiness index, vacancies at happy schools across the UK and our intuitive school comparison tool. Select the plan that suits your needs and get started now.