A study by academics from the Institute of Education and the National Institute of Economic and Social Research sought to compare the wellbeing and commitment of school staff with employees in other workplaces.
In recent months there has been growing concern about teachers’ heavy workloads, long hours and the numbers deciding to quit the profession. However, this study found that teachers and teaching assistants are “no more stressed” about their work than employees in other professions.
The authors of the report pointed out that their findings “do not accord with prior research which suggests school staff express greater job-related anxiety and lower job satisfaction than many other workers”.
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