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Mary Bousted

Mary Bousted

General secretary of National Education Union

Jan 28, 2026

EllieHOST
14:43
Can you just speak to some of those and explain some of the findings?
14:46
The report really focuses on what can government do and what can schools do.
14:54
There are two main audiences for the report.
14:59
And I think the most useful thing would be for me to really focus on what can schools do.
15:02
So...
15:04
What we found was that all the surveys done on teachers, either by the National Education Union, or if you want a more independent survey, if you like, the Teacher Working Lives Survey, which is run by the DfE and is now in its third year.
15:18
And it's a very big statistical sample, age-weighted, region-rated, sector-based, about teachers' and leaders' views of their working lives.

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EllieHOST
32:57
When it comes to paying conditions, flexible working, what are some of the reasons you think teaching is still competitive when people are leaving university? Why should they become a teacher? And what are some of the things that we need to improve to make sure it is standing up against those other professions that can be chosen at that point?

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