Overview

• Catalonia records the highest share of stressed teachers in Spain at 51%, rising to 55% in primary, according to the TALIS 2024 Spanish report.
• Excess administrative tasks affect 64% of Spain’s teachers, a level above the OECD average of 52% and the EU average of 55%.
• About 40% of secondary teachers say they feel unprepared to support students with special educational needs and report stress when doing so.
• AI use remains partial and uneven, with 35% of teachers using it nationally versus 28% in Catalonia, alongside notable skepticism about classroom benefits.
• Intent to leave the profession is relatively low at 19% in secondary and 16% in primary, even as job satisfaction remains very high and roughly 31% of teachers hold temporary contracts.