What hours do {UK} teachers really work? (BBC)

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How many hours do teachers in England work?

Teachers' unions have warned about excessive workloads and complained about staff being put under too much pressure. The long working week has been one of the grievances prompting teachers to go on strike.

But are these claims justified? Teaching is unusual in that there is an official record of the number of hours worked. The Department for Education runs an annual survey, where a sample of teachers in different types of school keep a diary of their working lives.

The last results, published in February, show the hours worked in 2013.

So how long is the working week?

For secondary head teachers, it stretches to an average of 63.3 hours per week - the longest of any of the teaching jobs. Primary classroom teachers worked longer hours - 59.3 hours - than their secondary school counterparts, who worked for 55.7 hours per week. The hours in a secondary academy were slightly less, at 55.2 hours.

How much of this is in the classroom?

Teaching hours are only a minority of a teachers' workload, according to this survey. A primary school teacher will spend on average 19 hours a week of timetabled teaching. It's similar for secondary school classroom teachers, averaging 19.6 hours.
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more: http://www.bbc.com/news/education-27087942

[Fearless]

1. 55+ hours does not sound like quality over quantity

Does it?

[DamnYankeeInHouston]

2. I worked at least sixty hours a week for 33 years.

Less on vacation weeks.