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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Katrine Bussey

‘Excessive workload’ means 44% of teachers work extra day every week, says union

A survey of Scottish teachers has found 44% work an additional day every week because of workload pressures (PA) -

Workload levels mean more than two-fifths of teachers are working the equivalent of an extra day each week – with more than one in 10 working an additional two days without pay, research has found.

A survey by the EIS teaching union found 44.3% of teachers who took part said they work an additional seven unpaid hours in a typical week.

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