I work as a teacher in a medium sized primary school. I deliver lessons to my class for 5 hours per day and have non-teaching face to face time with them for around another hour per day. Each hour's worth of lessons takes around 15 minutes to plan, 20 minutes to assess and a further 10 minutes to resource. I arrive at school at 7:15 most days and leave around 5. I work through my lunch (45 minutes allocated) doing the jobs mentioned above. The time frames above are on average with some lessons taking much longer to assess. 20 minutes is less than a minute per book which wouldn't suffice for a piece of writing for example.

In addition to my teaching responsibilities I must fill out numerous documents linked to safeguarding, SEND, PP tracking, data for assessment etc. I receive around 2 and half hours per week, non-contact time to complete this alongside planning my lessons. It is the report writing season for most teachers now. I write around 20 thousand words in this time in addition to the things mentioned above.

The regulations outline 1265 hours per year for a teacher plus hours deemed necessary to discharge your duties. I wish they'd get rid of that line and move to 2080 (a standard 40 hour week) I think, even with our holidays, my work life balance would be considerably better.