Research and analysis

Working lives of teachers and leaders – wave 2

The findings of the second wave of the working lives of teachers and leaders survey.

From:
Department for Education
Published
29 February 2024
Last updated
27 September 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Working lives of teachers and leaders: wave 2 summary report

HTML

Working lives of teachers and leaders wave 2: main research report

Ref: ISBN 978-1-83870-569-5, RR1403

PDF, 4.4 MB, 291 pages

Working lives of teachers and leaders wave 2: technical report

Ref: ISBN 978-1-83870-571-8, RR1403

PDF, 1.36 MB, 177 pages

Details

The second wave of the working lives of teachers and leaders survey was carried out between 2 February and 11 May 2023 with teachers and leaders in state schools in England.

It was conducted by IFF Research on behalf of the Department for Education (DfE).

The summary and main report cover:

  • teachers’ and leaders’ experience of and views on pupil behaviour
  • pay and reward
  • flexible working
  • workload
  • wellbeing
  • professional development
  • career plans

The technical report supports the research report by providing additional details about the survey methodology. It covers:

  • survey sampling
  • questionnaire development
  • mainstage fieldwork
  • encouraging panel engagement
  • data processing
  • survey weighting

Updates to this page

Published 29 February 2024
Last updated 27 September 2024 + show all updates

  1. Added 'Working lives of teachers and leaders wave 2: main research report' and 'Working lives of teachers and leaders wave 2: technical report' to page.

  2. First published.

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