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In this guide for teachers and education staff we unpack the concept of loneliness; what it is, the different types of loneliness, and explore some ways to support ourselves and peers.
Sep 27, 2024 · Introduction. The working lives of teachers and leaders is an annual survey of teachers and leaders in state schools in England. The survey explores teachers and leaders’: workload,...
- Introduction
- Context of The Results
- Executive Summary
- Findings
- Recommendations
- What Ofsted Is Doing
According to the UK’s Health and Safety Executive, teaching staff and education professionals report the highest rates of work-related stress, depression and anxiety in Britain. It came as no surprise, then, that when Ofsted asked teachers to contribute ideas for our research programme, teachers overwhelmingly wanted us to research teacher stress, ...
Well-being at work has been identified by scholars as one of the most important dimensions of an individual’s overall well-being, but also as a contributing factor to the economic growth of a country through its workforce. The International Labour Organization defines workplace well-being broadly as: This is reflected in the What Works Centre for W...
Teachers enjoy teaching and are positive about their workplace and colleagues, but they are disappointed by the profession. Our results show that teachers in both schools and further education and skills (FES) providers love their profession, overwhelmingly enjoy teaching, are generally very positive about their workplace and colleagues, and enjoy ...
Workload is high, affecting work–life balance
Working hours in schools and FES providers are long. Full-time school teachers reported working 51 hours on average during the given week, while senior leaders worked even longer, 57 hours on average. Our findings show that teachers spend less than a half of their time on teaching, while lesson planning, marking and administrative tasks take up a large part of their non-teaching time. Many respondents in both sectors do not have enough time to do the important aspects of their job. This is wh...
Staff perceive lack of resources as a problem that stops them from doing their job as well as they can
Shortages of human resources negatively impact on occupational well-being for several reasons: 1. they are seen to increase the already high workload 2. decrease the ability to carry out work effectively 3. result in staff taking on extra responsibilities outside of their area of expertise The lack of physical resources is also perceived to hinder instruction, such as: 1. shortage or inadequacy of instructional materials 2. computers for instruction 3. library materials 4. audio-visual resour...
Poor behaviour is a considerable source of low occupational well-being, and teachers do not always feel supported by senior leaders and parents with managing it
Pupils’ and students’ behaviour, such as low-level disruption in the classroom, absenteeism, intimidation or verbal abuse is often a negative influence on teachers’ well-being at work and will also impact on learning. Senior leaders are not always seen as providing sufficient support for managing pupils’ behaviour. According to many respondents, senior leaders do not work with teachers when it is necessary to solve discipline problems jointly and the issues are made worse by an inconsistent a...
For leaders
Fully support teachers to implement behaviour policies consistently and ensure that the overall school culture helps to optimise pupils’ behaviour. Our findings show that teachers experience a relatively high prevalence of poor behaviour in schools. They do not always feel fully supported by senior leaders (nor parents) in managing pupils’ misbehaviour. To reduce teachers’ workload leaders should familiarise themselves with the Department for Education (DfE)’s guidance to reduce workload in t...
For the Department of Education
Continue to spread the message that teaching is a highly valued and important occupation and to communicate the many positives of teaching. Encourage the production and take-up of high-quality curricular materials and textbooks so that teachers can spend less time on lesson planning, which takes up a large part of non-teaching time. Continue to reduce administration in schools and providers, and disseminate successful strategies. Ensure consistency between all DfE teams and agencies on elimin...
We added behaviour and attitudes as a separate judgement area in the EIF, to ensure that inspectors take full account of this area on inspection. We will ensure that under this framework behaviour is rigorously monitored. Staff well-being forms part of the leadership and management judgement in the EIF. We will ensure that inspectors take this into...
Apr 11, 2023 · The first wave of the inaugural working lives of teachers and leaders survey was carried out in spring 2022 with teachers and leaders in state schools in England.
Apr 14, 2021 · Overall differences in long-lasting mental health problems by teacher age are less clear. There has, however, been a clear upturn in mental health problems reported by young (age 21–34) and middle-aged (age 35–50) teachers since 2013, while any change for older teachers (age 51–65) is less apparent.
- John Jerrim, Sam Sims, Hannah Taylor, Rebecca Allen
- 2021
Nov 22, 2023 · When they are not struggling protagonists, teachers on screen are antagonistic characters. On average, teachers are unflatteringly portrayed as abusive, negligent, incompetent and loners.
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Dec 13, 2023 · Likewise, in a well-being survey of nearly 12,000 teachers, carried out by the teachers’ union NASUWT (2022), 87% of respondents said they had felt anxious in the last year and 81% complained of losing sleep.
