Recruitment and Retention in the Post-16 Learning and Skills Sector

6.9 Respondents working in further education colleges (69%) and sixth formcolleges (62%) were more likely to report they had too much work to dothan other organisations (Figure 6.3).Figure 6.3: Respondents who agreed they had too muchwork to do, by type of organisation80%70%60%50%40%30%20%10%0%69%62%58%FE college Sixth form Voluntarysector53% 52% 51%ACLPrivatetrainingIn-housetrainingBase: All 5492 respondentsSource: YCL/MORI quantitative survey of teaching/training staff, 20056.10 Respondents with greater experience of the sector were more likely toconsider that their workload was too heavy. This is likely to reflect thegreater proportion of managers in this group. 70% of those with ten ormore year’s service in their organisation reported they had too muchwork to do, compared to 60% of those with five to nine years service and54% of those with less than five years service. Likewise, a greaterproportion of those with ten or more years service in the sector reportedthey had too much work to do (66%), compared to those with less thanten years service across the sector (54%).6.11 Respondents who reported they had too much work to do were askedthe reasons for their heavy workload. The majority of these respondentsreported (29%) too much paperwork, bureaucracy and lack ofadministration support as the reason for their heavy workload. 19% ofrespondents reported lack of staff or skilled staff and 14% ofrespondents reported time constraints and the diversity of their job role.53