PPA Buddy helps UK teachers leave work at school more often, without lowering their standards or becoming a different person.
Plan faster, with less decision fatigue
Give better feedback in less time
Protect evenings with calm, professional boundaries
If you feel like you’re always behind, it’s because the job is designed that way.
The issue isn’t your effort. It’s the lack of systems that protect your time when the requests keep coming.
Why does it feel like I’m always behind, even when I’m working constantly?
Because the job is bigger than the hours you’re paid for. The average teacher week is around 51.2 hours, so “just be more organised” was never going to fix it. PPA Buddy helps you stop doing everything from scratch, use faster workflows for planning and feedback, and make clearer calls on what’s worth your time.
DfE Working Lives of Teachers & Leaders (Wave 3, Nov 2024)
Why do I feel guilty if I don’t work at home, even though I’m exhausted?
Because you’ve been trained to treat unpaid overtime like commitment. The average is about 7.2 hours of unpaid work a week. That’s a whole extra day you’re donating. PPA Buddy gives you practical ways to protect your contracted time, plus scripts and systems that make it easier to say “not today” without feeling awkward.
TUC, Work Your Proper Hours Day (Feb 2024)
Is it bad that I’ve daydreamed about leaving, even though I love the kids?
Not bad. Not dramatic. Just human. Around 41,212 teachers leave each year, so you’re not the only one having that thought in the car park. PPA Buddy is for the teachers who want to stay, but want the job to stop taking everything. It helps you make teaching sustainable, with small pilots that actually change your week.
DfE School Workforce Census 2024
Why does everything feel so urgent, even when it isn’t?
Because stress is baked into the system, not your personality. About 77% of teachers say they feel stressed, and it often comes from constant demands, interruptions, and the pressure to be endlessly available. PPA Buddy helps you create calmer defaults, so you’re not deciding everything in panic mode, and you’re not carrying school around in your head all night.
Education Support Teacher Wellbeing Index 2024
Cover, meetings, last-minute tasks. The time exists on paper, not in reality.
Without a system, you’ll fill any time you’re given… and still end up finishing at home.
When workload is unclear, the burden quietly shifts to evenings and weekends.
It’s a simple three-part method designed for real schools.
Triage what matters, spot the tasks that don’t move learning forward, and stop “nice to do” becoming “must do”.
Use teacher-safe AI workflows for planning and feedback, with your judgement at the centre. Less blank-page energy. More consistency.
Scripts and routines that help you hold the line calmly, so extra requests don’t quietly become your new job.
Weekly Workload Lab: one tiny pilot to try in a real week
Ready-to-use templates (planning, feedback, parent comms, boundaries)
AI prompt packs built for teachers, not tech people
Mini trainings you can watch in 10 minutes
A calm, solutions-focused community (no doom-scrolling)
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