Most school staff are working at least four extra hours a week to provide additional support to pupils amid warnings they are now the “de facto and unofficial branch of social and healthcare services”.
A new report from wellbeing service Education Support shows a quarter of leaders, teachers and support staff said additional responsibilities were adding, on average, between four to six hours onto their working week.
Another 15 per cent of staff said they were spending an extra seven to 10 hours a week providing services including emotional and wellbeing support for children.
A Schools Week investigation last week revealed the widespread scale of the collapse in support services feeding into schools.
