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School Principals

Volume 448: debated on Wednesday 5 July 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate he has made of how many hours a week on average (a) head and (b) deputy head teachers worked in the last year for which figures are available. (81696)

The following table provides the average number of hours worked by head, deputy and assistant head teachers in primary and secondary schools in a week in March 2005. This is the latest information available.

Average hours

Primary

Head teachers

52.9

Deputy/assistant heads

55.7

Secondary

Head teachers

62.6

Deputy/assistant

58.1

Source:

Teachers’ Workload Diary Survey, March 2005, School Teachers’ Review Body.