Stress taking ‘immense toll’ on teachers in England as union debates industrial action

According to the research’s findings, 33% of state school teachers in England are stressed at work at least 80% of the time. Photograph: PA

Stress is taking an “immense toll” on the lives of teachers in England, with only 1.5% of those working in schools unaffected by the high levels of strain that plagues their colleagues.

The findings from research by the National Education Union (NEU) reveal that one in three state school teachers in England are stressed at work for at least four fifths of the time, while only a tiny fraction said they are never overstretched.