Teacher workload and professional development in England's secondary schools: insights from TALIS

The report examines teachers' working hours, pay, and experience in secondary schools using the OECD's latest Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS). This provides a new and detailed comparison of the opinions, practices, and professional development of teachers in England with those of 35 other jurisdictions surveyed between 2012 and 2014. It is the first study dedicated to using this international dataset to specifically explore teacher workload issues in England, providing new insights into the scale of the challenge of delivering adequate professional development and retention of teachers in a secondary school climate which demands higher working hours than those elsewhere.

The key findings are: (1) teachers in England are working longer hours than in most other countries; (2) long working hours are hindering teachers' access to continuing professional development (CPD); and (3) long hours, low starting pay and limited access to professional development create a risk of teacher 'burn out', especially in the early stages of careers.

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