Teachable is proud to support a free website to bring together teacher-generated resources from across the UK at the Association of Teacher Websites. You’ll find links there to a range of quality-checked amateur websites developed by other teachers.

Since the relaunch of this site in October, we have been running a survey for visitors to the ATW. The results from the 50 teachers responding confirms our recent views on how teachers spend their time.

• A solid 79% agree that ‘having adequate preparation time is one of my top concerns’
• But only 20% develop the majority of teaching materials in paid working hours
• That means the vast majority are spending evenings and weekends staring their screen for ideas!

You are all quite specific about what could help:

• 73% of teachers thought that ‘websites that provide specific teaching materials can be a real benefit to teachers’
• 69% of you value reviews left by other teachers on these sites
• Of the sites used, Teachable was unsurpassed in the reviews you gave, with 85% of those surveyed finding the site useful.

I hope we can continue to do more to free up teachers’ weekends and allow you to spend more time and energy on the busy week in the classroom.

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