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Long hours and low pay are forcing young teachers to quit

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Research raises concerns over a lack of experienced teachers as high workload, low pay and too little CPD are blamed for high rates of burn-out. Pete Henshaw reports

Long hours, low starting salaries and limited access to CPD are creating a risk of teacher burn-out “especially in the early stages of careers”, researchers have said.

A new research paper is warning that teachers in England are working 48.2 hours a week on average – the third highest out of all 36 OECD countries and 19 per cent longer than the average across these jurisdictions.

However, at the same time, high workload is preventing teachers in England from accessing CPD that could help them handle the pressure, with our teachers only accessing four days a year on average compared to an OECD average of 10.5 days.

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