A large majority of teachers say remote education has increased their workload, a survey conducted for Ofsted reveals.

Workload has “increased greatly” since remote learning was implemented, according to 45 per cent of the representative sample of 1,003 teachers responding to the YouGov poll.

And the results published today showed that another 41 per cent said their workload had increased “somewhat”.

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Secondary teachers were slightly more likely than their primary peers to report an increased workload as a result of remote learning (88 per cent compared with 84 per cent).

Last month Ofsted published a report saying that teachers thought that delivering education to pupils both remotely and in person posed a threat to teacher wellbeing.

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Today’s YouGov data - from a survey carried in November and December - gives the detail behind that picture.

It reveals that the degree of teacher workload was often dependent on the subject taught and the structure used by a school - eg, did all teachers prepare lessons or were dedicated teachers preparing them across the subject.

Many teachers found their workload had eased “somewhat” over the year as they got used to the new ways of working and found useful resources.

But all missed face-to-face interactions and found it is harder online to know if pupils were engaged, learning and happy. Many reported  missing out on building close relationships with students.