  Julian Stanley Headshot  Why Can We Not Talk About Teacher
Suicide?  Posted: Updated:  One month ago today, a school
Headteacher delivered an INSET day to her staff team. At the end
of the day, a member of staff found her hanged in her office.
The police said the death was "unexplained but is not believed
to be suspicious", the implication being that the Headteacher
killed herself. In response to this tragic incident, the school
was closed and an inquest planned.  We heard the news about
Helen Mann after it was reported on the web. I picked up the
free paper on my train next day and wondered how sympathetically
it would cover this dramatic story.  I had to wait and see.
Another story had broken, also involving teachers and,
coincidentally, INSET, and it was given a better position in the
news. What was the more important story?  During a previous
month, a group of teachers was seen attending the wedding of a
colleague at the end of a training day. A parent had commented:
"As taxpayers we pay their wages...