Workbook Cost Calculator 2025–26 Academic Year

Savings on printed workbooks vs printing worksheets in school

Estimated annual saving with WRE workbooks
Estimated cost to print your own
WRE annual workbook order
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Students per class 28
10 students35 students
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Cost to print your own

Colour printing (toner, paper & maintenance) £0
Teacher time (prep, collating & printing) £0
Total annual DIY cost £0
— per student
Print materials per student £0
Teacher time per class £364/year

WRE Workbooks — annual order

Per student (high-quality printed workbooks) £0.00
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Teacher prep & printing time None — ready to hand out
Total annual order cost £0
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How we calculated this

Print costs — 7p per A4 page

  • Colour toner / ink: ~5p per page
  • Paper: ~0.5p per page
  • Printer maintenance & depreciation: ~1.5p per page
  • Total assumed: 7p per A4 colour sheet

Teacher time — £364 per class / year

  • 20 minutes per week selecting, printing & collating
  • Across 39 school weeks = 13 hours per year
  • Costed at £28/hr (UK avg. teacher hourly rate)
  • WRE workbooks: zero preparation time needed

Actual page counts used (A4 single-sided sheets per student)

Sources: WRE workbook counts verified from published workbook files · Print cost benchmarks: Buyers Laboratory / Which? Business · Teacher hourly rate: NASUWT / DfE School Workforce Census 2025.