13-12-2004, 03:08 AM
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One in three teachers takes time off for stress
http://education.guardian.co.uk/scho...372446,00.html
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A third of all teachers working in schools in England and Wales took sick leave last year as a result of job-related stress, according to a survey published today.
It claimed that more than 213,000 days were lost to stress, anxiety or depression suffered by the teaching profession at an annual cost to schools of over £19m.
Teachers were off, on average, for 11.5 days in 2003 - more than two full working weeks - according to the study by the Schools Advisory Service.
The main three reasons given were stress, broken bones and sciatica (pains in the back, hip and outer leg).
Stress was largely ascribed to excessive workload, lack of support from management and co-workers, lack of communication and the pressures of having to deal with poorly behaved children and difficult parents.
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