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Many teachers in England working 60-hour weeks

TEACHERS in England work some of the longest hours in the developed world, a damning global study revealed yesterday.

Half of the country’s full-time teachers work 40-58 hours a week and a fifth work at least 60 hours a week, the analysis by the Education Policy Institute concludes.

Its study looked at 36 countries and regions in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Australasia.

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