A survey on the perceptions about the working conditions, roles, and job satisfaction of 686 secondary school teachers working in the north of England are reported and discussed in this paper. This represents one part of a comprehensive project that explores the relationships between work experiences and teacher characteristics. Questionnaires were given to the sample population to explore 2 facet-free and 13 facet-specific measures. The sample represents 20 schools selected to represent school ages, socioeconomic factors, and school sizes. The most powerful predictors of overall job satisfaction were the perceived quality of classroom relationships and the challenges experienced in their work. In addition, this was also related to a short span of teaching experience. One other factor, that of the effect of management policies on teacher morale, seems to have made a difference in the overall level of teacher morale. Appendices include the references and charts representing the data. (LMS)