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Teachers across the UK are suffering panic attacks in the classroom, working 60-hour weeks and trying to exit the profession for good. Ellie Harrison talks to educators and charity leaders to find out what’s at the root of the misery – and what changes need to happen
Teachers taking their work home with them "masks' the true scale of workload challenges, with fixed hours needed to 'uncover' the extent of the problem
The publication of this year’s International Barometer of Education Staff (I-BEST 2023) offers the unusual opportunity to hear directly from over 26,000 educators from around the world. Whilst the profile and context of the countries involved varies significantly, I am struck by how much commonality there is in the broad trends reported by researchers. Of course there are meaningful differences in the experience of autonomy at work, access to healthcare and salary across participating countries, but there is convergence in key themes related to the wellbeing of the workforce.
Ministers have been trying to drive down teacher workload for the best part of a decade, with progress slowing significantly in recent years
Headteacher Lisa Telling can remember her daughter asking her to promise she would not hurt herself when they were discussing a recent Ofsted inspection