Around a fifth of secondary teachers and a quarter of all school leaders experience abuse from parents on school premises at least once a month, research into teacher stress has revealed.
The study also shows that teachers are working around 20 hours a week more than their contracted hours – with an average working week in secondary school hitting almost 53 hours.
However, despite this, it is the high job demands placed upon teachers that is the clearest predictor of stress, the research reveals.
The study by academics at Bath Spa University set out to chart the levels of stress within the education sector and the working conditions for teaching and support staff in schools.
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