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In your most recent full working week, approximately how many hours did you work?

This question has no favourable answer, so England's result is the share giving each answer, shown in Fig. 1.

Source: DfE Working lives of teachers and leaders, wave 4 (Jan 2025 to May 2025). All teachers and leaders in England, 10,808 answered. Open Government Licence v3.0. How the comparison works.

Fig. 1How England answered
  • Under 201.8%
  • 20 to 294.9%
  • 30 to 3910.1%
  • 40 to 4930.9%
  • 50 to 5933.0%
  • 60 to 6915.4%
  • 70 to 793.0%
  • 80 or more0.9%

All teachers and leaders, 10,808 answered. Each phase is in the table.

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, 10,808 answered. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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