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12/12/2003
Only one third of teachers 'satisified' with government: MORI
Less than one third of teachers are satisfied with the government's performance on education, according to research by the pollster MORI.
The survey, conducted in October and November as part of the MORI Teachers' Omnibus survey, found that just 30% of teachers were satisfied with the government's performance on one of its key election pledges. One in two (51%) of those surveyed were dissatisfied, including one in six teachers (17%) who said they were "very dissatisfied".
The survey sampled the opinions of 984 teachers from 3,998 state primary and secondary schools in England and Wales.
MORI reported that dissatisfaction increased with experience as teachers with six or more years' teaching behind them — and particularly those who had worked in the profession for 16 or more years — were "significantly more likely to be dissatisfied" with the government's performance than less experienced colleagues, especially Newly Qualified Teachers (NQTs).
Around a third of NQTs (32%) were dissatisfied, compared to 53% of colleagues with at least six years' experience.
MORI said that, coming at a time when the government was "facing opposition from the teaching unions in relation to national tests, the school workforce agreement and teachers' pay proposals, and as recruitment and retention problems", the survey suggested that the "problems already facing Charles Clarke and his ministers may increase over the next Parliamentary session".
(gmcg)
The survey, conducted in October and November as part of the MORI Teachers' Omnibus survey, found that just 30% of teachers were satisfied with the government's performance on one of its key election pledges. One in two (51%) of those surveyed were dissatisfied, including one in six teachers (17%) who said they were "very dissatisfied".
The survey sampled the opinions of 984 teachers from 3,998 state primary and secondary schools in England and Wales.
MORI reported that dissatisfaction increased with experience as teachers with six or more years' teaching behind them — and particularly those who had worked in the profession for 16 or more years — were "significantly more likely to be dissatisfied" with the government's performance than less experienced colleagues, especially Newly Qualified Teachers (NQTs).
Around a third of NQTs (32%) were dissatisfied, compared to 53% of colleagues with at least six years' experience.
MORI said that, coming at a time when the government was "facing opposition from the teaching unions in relation to national tests, the school workforce agreement and teachers' pay proposals, and as recruitment and retention problems", the survey suggested that the "problems already facing Charles Clarke and his ministers may increase over the next Parliamentary session".
(gmcg)
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