UK teachers ‘popping pills’ as workload grinds them down, union told

NASUWT conference delegates condemn nonstop culture that puts colleagues on long-term sick leave

Teachers are popping pills" and are on long-term sick leave, ground down by a culture of non-stop school emails and WhatsApp messages that ding and ping" day and night, a conference has been told.

Delegate after delegate took to the platform at the annual conference of the NASUWT teachers' union in Birmingham to condemn the increase in workload and describe the devastating impact on health and wellbeing.