How do views of working conditions vary across school staff?

Staff – including, but not limited to, teachers – are the most important resource available to any school. It is through their hard work and dedication that young people develop the cognitive and socio-emotional skills they need to succeed in later life. Yet, for school staff to excel in their role, they need to have the right working conditions, including a positive, collegiate working environment.

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1.7.2025

How do views of working conditions vary across school staff?

In recent years, working conditions in England’s schools have been affected by several issues, including changes to education policy, accountability regimes, funding structures and the COVID-19 pandemic. A substantial body of research has explored these issues. In this report we explore, "How do views of working conditions vary across school staff?"

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Our analysis explores how views of working conditions – and the overall workplace environment – varies across different members of school staff, including teachers, teaching assistants, administrators and senior leaders. We also consider whether samples comprised of only teachers provides a reasonable proxy for the work environment that is shared across the entire body of school staff. In doing so, the paper provides important new evidence on issues surrounding working conditions within England’s schools that have otherwise gone largely ignored.

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