Secondary school teacher

202.4K UK workers · typical pay £42,000 · entry route Postgraduate degree (Level 7+). Projected headcount change: -3% to 2035.

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How AI is actually used here · measured · Anthropic Economic Index

Thin signal. Only 30% of the Claude usage mapped to this job is actual work. The rest is personal or study use of the same skills. Read the figures below as indicative, not precise.

63%

Augmentation

AI mostly assists

6.2×

Time compression

~4.3h → ~41min

2.83/5

AI autonomy

how hands-off it runs

37%

Automation

of measured usage

How the collaboration splits · the six measured modes

task iteration 30.5%directive 29%learning 27.2%feedback loop 7.9%validation 4.2%unclassified 1.2%

What people make with AI here

educational material44%explanation / answer10%document / report9%

Real Claude.ai usage mapped to this occupation's SOC group, Apr+May 2026, CC-BY. Claude users only; task times model-estimated; augment/automate is how AI is used, not a count of jobs lost. Method →

Facts · ONS + NCS

UK workers (2024)

202.4K

Median pay

£42.0K

Our scored call · a labelled hypothesis, not a measurement

AI exposure

5 / 10

Elasticity

4 / 10

2035 outlook

-3%

Exposure · 5/10

Why AI can do the work

AI will significantly automate lesson planning, resource creation, and marking, which currently consume a large portion of a teacher's workload. However, the core of the role requires physical presence for safeguarding, behavior management, and the social-emotional development of adolescents, which AI cannot replicate in a classroom setting.

Elasticity · 4/10

Gated by population

Whether demand expands when it gets cheaper

Demand is strictly capped by the number of pupils in the UK population and statutory class size limits, though cheaper delivery may slightly increase demand for extracurricular or specialized support.

Trajectory to 2035