Press releases

State of education: workload and wellbeing

Date: 03/04/2024

The majority of teachers are struggling with workload.

Working lives of teachers and leaders

Date: 01/03/2024

Government must not shy away from the findings of its own Working Lives of Teachers and Leaders Survey

Work Your Proper Hours Day

Date: 23/02/2024

The NEU will continue to pressure the Government to reduce workload and achieve the reductions needed by our members.

Education unions respond to workload taskforce recommendations

Date: 15/01/2024

This update is only a very small part of the work needed to see the reductions in workload we all aspire to.

Workload

Teacher training targets

Date: 07/12/2023

Government’s failure to meet teacher training recruitment targets in England.

British Baccalaureate

Date: 22/09/2023

This back-of-the-envelope plan shows a Government out of touch with the realities of the teacher recruitment and retention crisis

NEU Cymru welcomes progress on teacher workload

Date: 13/07/2023

NEU Cymru members will be pleased with the progress we have made on workload in schools, but there is still more to do.

NEU Cymru welcomes review of education 'middle tier'

Date: 11/07/2023

This review must deliver cuts in workload for our members in schools

Teaching – The New Reality

Date: 10/05/2023

The weight of responsibility placed on teachers has grown significantly in recent years.

Workload

DfE report on working lives of teachers and heads

Date: 11/04/2023

It is disappointing but also telling that the Department for Education has kept the results of this survey under wraps for so long.

Workload

Workload – building a national campaign 2023

Date: 05/04/2023

The longer government allows teacher workload to remain unsustainably high, the greater the risks posed to young people’s education.

Independent school staff survey