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New ‘flagship’ study to solve why teachers leave

A new five-year study of 15,000 teachers will assess why staff drop out of the profession, the impact of...

Simon Kay
Simon Kay
News

1 in 4 teachers work over 60 hours a week – but that’s not why they’re leaving

A quarter of teachers work more than 60 hours per week, according to a new study, which warns government...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News

New free school applications process reveals workload push

The government has been accused of “unsubtly crow-barring” its need to reduce teacher workload into the new wave of...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News

Ofsted framework: Heads warn audit culture will ‘switch’ to exercise books

Headteachers have dismissed Ofsted’s claims that its new inspection framework will reduce workload, warning that a proposed shift from...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
News

Data helps us intervene early, says academy trust

Trusts are concerned that a new government diktat to pull back from data collection will stop them making rapid...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
News

Teacher workload crisis threatens examiner recruitment

Teacher workload and reforms to GCSEs and A-levels are affecting examiner recruitment. Union officials, school leaders and examiners have...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
Opinion

How can the DfE use EdTech to reduce teacher workload?

Justine Greening was making progress on using EdTech to alleviate workload – here’s what she’d achieved so far, and...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

Here’s how government can alleviate teacher workload

Overwork is what stresses teachers out the most – and the DfE needs to take urgent, concrete steps, writes...

Kevin Courtney
Kevin Courtney

Managing Teacher Workload, edited by Nansi Ellis

Not a week goes by without someone mentioning the ever-increasing volume of work that teachers have to endure. So,...

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