The long-awaited results of the government’s Teacher Workload Survey 2016 were finally published recently, confirming that teachers are currently spending nearly 17 hours a week on lesson-planning and marking alone.
Secondary school teachers it found, were last year on average working 53.5 hours a week with secondary school leaders putting in 61.1 hours.
Clearly this is unsustainable and while long hour working cultures persist in many fields, how can anyone in secondary education ensure they are staying well equipped to sustain doing a good job? We all have to take personal responsibility to look after our wellbeing, at the same time setting a good example to young people to take forward into adulthood.
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