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Teachers warn of sharp rise in workload as Covid infection rates rise

Overloaded teachers have called for more resources, including more teaching staff, to ensure remote learning provision is sustainable in the months ahead.


Research involving 6,445 teachers has found that 82 per cent do not feel they are being given the support they need to do their job effectively during the coronavirus pandemic.

Carried out by the NASUWT teaching union between September 25 and 29, the survey finds that workload has increased for three quarters (74 per cent) of teachers and more than half (56 per cent) say they go without regular breaks.

At the same time, teachers are being expected to develop and deliver remote education, with 86 per cent of the respondents saying there is an expectation they will do this work in addition to their current workload.

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