Of the 2,293 teaching staff that responded to the Association of Teachers and Lecturers’ (ATL) survey, 182 of which work in state-funded nurseries, 81 per cent of teachers and 54 per cent of support staff said their workload was unmanageable.
A number of respondents admitted to working late at night to get on top of things, while four in five (82 per cent) said they have considered leaving teaching as a result of their workload, of these 134 are early years staff.
One primary teacher at a school in Staffordshire said, ‘Most school nights I work until 10.30 or 11pm, just to keep on top of marking.'
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