Half of teachers ready to resign

Crisis in the classroom as pressure mounts on school staff

- VIVIENNE AITKEN

ALMOST half of Scotland's stressed-out and overworked teachers say they could quit in the next five years.

The cost of living crisis, increased work demands and having to pay for resources from their own funds have all been highlighted as major problems in a survey of teaching staff.

More than 16,000 teachers responded to the EIS survey and laid bare the stresses facing the teaching profession.

It found 48.5 per cent said they did not expect to still be teaching within the next five years.

Half of them said they feel their level of well-being in the job is either poor or very poor as a massive 72.5 per cent said they frequently or constantly felt stressed in their job.