1. Seeking better work life balance Unreasonable demands from managers
YouGov Poll – October 2015
Are you thinking of leaving the teaching profession in the next 2 years?
Yes
53% No
47%
For which of the following reasons, if any, are you thinking of leaving the profession in the next 2 years? Please tick all that apply.
Volume of workload
61%
Retiring from profession
34%
Seeking higher pay
11%
Seeking better work life balance
57%
Mental health concerns
23%
Physical health concerns
15%
Rapid pace of organisational change
33%
Student behaviour
22%
Unreasonable demands from managers
44%
Other

2. What do your members worry about most?
Teacher workload is too great
They might not be given their ‘pay progression’
They might be put on ‘capability’ / a support plan
Your school could become an academy
Teachers’ salaries are not enough in London
Lack of support for meeting increasing needs
Budget cuts mean their jobs might be lost
Teachers don’t like the curriculum they teach

3. Workload – Government Figures

4. What reps reported -a typical 63 hour working week
Time of work
Hours
Weekly Hours
‘School Day’ ( ) less 1 hour in breaks 6
x 5 30
At school at (average hours per day) 1 5
Leave school at (average hours per day) 2 10
At home on a school day (average hours per day)
At home over the weekend 8
x 1
TOTAL WEEKLY HOURS 63

5. Workload – what takes the time ?
Activities
Weekly Hours
During ‘School Day’ – (less one hour in breaks) 30
Outside ‘School Day’ ( from a range of responses)
Meetings, clubs, classes etc outside ‘school day’
2 - 3
Planning and preparing lessons outside ‘school day’
Marking books and assessments outside ‘school day’
8 - 20
Other tasks (e.g. s, data, laminating, phone calls)
TOTAL WEEKLY HOURS

6. Workload – this is a 48 hour week
Time of work
Hours
Weekly Hours
‘School Day’ ( ) less 1 hour in breaks 6
x 5 30
At school before (average hours per day)
0.5
2.5
At school after (average hours per day)
1.5
7.5
At home on a school day (average hours per day) 1 5
At home over the weekend 3
x 1
TOTAL WEEKLY HOURS 48

7. Workload – Breaking the Law
School teachers’ pay and conditions document 2015
Work/life balance Governing bodies and headteachers must have regard to the need for the headteacher and teachers at the school to be able to achieve a satisfactory balance between the time required to discharge their professional duties and the time required to pursue their personal interests outside work. In having regard to this, governing bodies and headteachers should ensure that they adhere to the working limits set out in the Working Time Regulations 1998.
You can’t work more than 48 hours a week on average – (normally averaged over 17 weeks). This law is sometimes called the ‘working time regulations’. Even taking into account holidays, most teachers work over 48 hours on average over a 17 week period covering the school terms.