One in five teachers and school leaders says the prospect of delivering remote lessons during a lockdown fills them with dread, Tes can reveal.

And a quarter say they do not have access to the technology and equipment they need for effective remote teaching, new research shows.

The views were collected as part of a wider Tes survey of 10,000 school teachers and staff.

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Asked “how do you feel about the prospect of teaching remote lessons during a national or local lockdown?”, one in five (21 per cent) of teachers, headteachers and deputy or assistant heads surveyed said: “It fills me with dread.”

And a further 31 per cent said they were “worried” at the prospect.

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One primary school teacher said: “I hated trying to teach my class remotely. I felt very guilty over my inability to do anything to help those children who weren’t submitting work at all.”

And a secondary teacher added: “No one seems to understand the additional workload that comes with online teaching, and the fact you can’t gauge understanding because you often can’t see the students.”

Tes also asked teachers and school leaders: “Do you have access to the technology and other equipment you need for effective remote teaching?”

Nearly one in four (24 per cent) said “no”, with some citing issues with dated or faulty devices and poor internet connections.

One primary teacher answered: “Yes and no. I have a laptop but my husband had to work from home, my children were at home and our internet couldn’t cope with all of us Zooming, streaming and working together.”

A secondary teacher said that their laptop is “slow and unreliable” and they “cannot afford to buy a new one”.

Another secondary teacher added: “I have two laptops and if there was a national lockdown, my two children would need them. It would be difficult to teach remote lessons with a 5- and 10-year-old on the house!”

And many staff said they had equipment but they had to purchase it themselves.

The Department for Education has been approached for comment.