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Feedback: the good, the bad and the overwhelming workload.

We all know that feedback is an integral part of teaching. It's a part of the job that you either love or hate. In fact, findings from a recent survey (taken in the work room whilst having lunch!) reveal that some teachers enjoy the marking process and find it to be an insightful and rewarding experience whereas other struggle to wade through mounting piles of work, stumbling at the last 5 of so pieces (why is the last piece always the hardest to mark? Why?!) I, for one, am not a fan of marking. Now, before you march on me to take away my QTS, let me defend myself by saying I am not alone in this camp. Marking is one area that teachers believe takes up much of their workload with the 2019   Teacher Work Load Survey  reporting that 53% of teachers think they spend too much time marking despite 40% of teachers acknowledging that their schools are trying to reduce it. Furthermore, the Department of Education's  independent work load review  found that marking and f...