THE National Education Union (NEU) urged the government today to reduce teachers’ workload after new research revealed that unnecessary tasks are the main reason for teachers quitting.

The NEU’s report says that 78 per cent of secondary-school teachers and 69 per cent of primary teachers think that the amount of marking they do is unmanageable.

And just a quarter of primary teachers and less than a fifth of secondary teachers have seen any review or change in practice at their schools since the government’s 2016 pledge to lighten workloads.