British teachers are working the fourth highest number of hours a week, with only teachers in New Zealand, Singapore and Chile working harder. On average the UK teachers surveyed said they worked almost 51 hours per week.
The findings come from the Global Teacher Status Index for 2018, which quizzed 35,000 people in 35 countries about the status of teachers.
The research, published by the Varkey Foundation, a global education charity, also found that teachers earn around £5,000 less per year than the British public thinks they should be earning.
People estimated that the starting salary of a secondary school teacher is around £29,000 when in fact it is around £24,000.
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