Teacher Weekly Workload Audit
Log one real week by task category and see the total, the split against published benchmarks, and which single category is eating the week.
Teacher workload surveys put the typical full-time working week at 45 to 55 hours, split roughly 43% teaching, 14% planning and 9% marking, with 71% of teachers describing their workload as unmanageable in 2026 — up from 61% in 2024.
Teacher Weekly Workload Audit
How to use it
- Log one ordinary week, not a deadline week or a quiet one.
- Record hours in the moment rather than reconstructing them on Friday — reconstruction consistently under-counts.
- Read the largest category first, then the total.
- Repeat in a different half-term before taking it to anyone.
Frequently asked
How many hours a week do teachers actually work?
National workload surveys consistently report 45 to 55 hours a week for full-time classroom teachers, against contracted weeks of around 32 to 39 hours. The gap is made up almost entirely of planning, marking and administration done outside directed time.
Why audit before changing anything?
Because workload interventions are routinely aimed at the wrong category. Schools cut meeting time when the hours are actually in marking, or buy planning resources when the drain is data entry. The intervention research is consistent that measuring first is what makes the second step work.
Is one week enough?
No. One week tells you what that week was. Two or three weeks in different parts of a term tell you what the job is. Report weeks, parents evenings and moderation weeks are all outliers and all real.
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