Teacher job satisfaction in England lowest among comparable countries

Job satisfaction among teachers in England is as low, or lower, than 22 comparable countries across Europe, North America and the Commonwealth, according to new UCL research. In a working paper, a research team led by Dr Sam Sims (UCL Institute of Education) found that 15 of 22 countries - including Israel, Sweden, USA and the Netherlands - had 'much higher' teacher job satisfaction than England. Researchers analysed data from over 100,000 teachers who had taken part in the most recent Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) survey, including nearly 2,500 teachers from England. France, Croatia, Poland and Russia had 'slightly higher' teacher job satisfaction than in England. All English-speaking countries (USA, New Zealand, Canada and Australia) had higher teacher job satisfaction than England. Only Latvia, Slovakia and the Czech Republic had teacher job satisfaction as low as England. No comparable country had lower job satisfaction than England.
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