My job does not leave me enough time for my personal life.
18.8%
of teachers and leaders in England answered tend to disagree or strongly disagree.
Source: DfE Working lives of teachers and leaders, wave 4 (Jan 2025 to May 2025). All teachers and leaders in England, 2,598 answered. Open Government Licence v3.0. How the comparison works.
By phase
- Primary schools
- 21.0%549
- Secondary schools
- 13.1%517
- Special schools, PRUs and AP
- 26.2%38
- Based on 38 answers, so treat it with care.
The small number is how many answered.
- Strongly disagree
- Tend to disagree
- Neither agree nor disagree
- Tend to agree
- Strongly agree
All teachers and leaders 2,59818.8%
Primary schools 54921.0%
Secondary schools 51713.1%
Special schools, PRUs and AP 3826.2%
Based on 38 answers, so treat it with care.
The dark blue shades are the answers counted in the headline figure (tend to disagree or strongly disagree), which is the number at the end of each bar. Numbers inside the bars are percentages, shown where there is room. The small grey number is how many answered.
A weighted national sample of teachers and leaders in state schools. Interviewers did not offer “Don't know”, so those few answers are left out. Support staff were not asked.
Source: DfE Working lives of teachers and leaders, wave 4 (Jan 2025 to May 2025). All teachers and leaders in England, 2,598 answered. Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Same wording, same answers, so a school's result for this question is set beside the figure on this page.
Percentage who answered tend to disagree or strongly disagree
From 10 to 5,000; the slider runs to 500
Scale: 0% to 30%, zoomed in to where the figures fall. Positions are exact. Band: your school's 95% interval. Amber rule: England.
In line with England: the gap is within what chance would explain for 48 answers.
- Your school
- 13% of 48
- 95% interval
- 6.2% to 25.3%
- England
- 18.8%
- Gap
- 5.8 points below England
The band is the 95% interval: with 48 answers, the school's true figure very likely lies between 6.2% and 25.3%, so a gap counts as clear only when England's figure is outside it.
England's figure comes from 2,598 answers, so its own margin of error is small beside a school's and the test leaves it out. A phase figure from fewer than 100 answers has a margin of error of its own, so treat a gap against it with care. Same test as the reports: a 95% Wilson interval for the school. England: DfE Working lives of teachers and leaders, wave 4 (Jan 2025 to May 2025), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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