Sentences with phrase «unnecessary teacher workload»

A spokesperson for the Standards and Testing Agency, part of the DfE, said: «Reducing unnecessary teacher workload is a key priority for this government.

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Ill thought out government reforms and an excessive workload, brought about in a large part through unnecessary accountability measures, are already putting teachers under considerable pressure.
Speaking at the Teach First Impact Conference, Education Secretary Nicky Morgan announced that she will establish three working groups to ease teacher's workload by better managing unnecessary bureaucracy and paperwork.
«We must do all we can to support removing unnecessary workload for teachers and school leaders and direct the focus back to what matters.»
«Reducing unnecessary workload and enabling teachers to spend more time supporting pupils» learning is so important.
One way we can achieve immediate results that benefit both teachers and their pupils is by stripping away some of that unnecessary workload that we see in schools.
«We continue to work with teachers, unions and Ofsted to tackle unnecessary workload and challenge unhelpful practices that create extra work, including through an offer of targeted support to schools.
The Independent Teacher Workload Review Groups were established by the DfE to report on, and suggest solutions to, unnecessary burdens associated with marking, planning and data management.
The DfE report on marking - Reducing teacher workload: Marking Policy Review Group report - aims to help schools review their practice with the aim of shrinking the importance marking has gained and stopping unnecessary and burdensome practice.
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Increasing and sustaining the recruitment of examiners and driving down «excessive and unnecessary» teacher workload are «two sides of the same coin», he claimed.
A Department for Education spokeswoman said: «We know unnecessary workload is one of the biggest frustrations for teachers.
The threat of strike action over teacher workload a step further this morning, despite the education secretary publicly pledging to reduce unnecessary tasks.
A DfE spokesperson said: «We want to support the profession to tackle the issue of unnecessary workload which we know many teachers are concerned about.
He added: «We want every child to have access to great teachers that aren't weighed down with unnecessary workload so they have the time and freedom to do what they do best - inspire the next generation.
Respondents to the government's workload challenge survey cited accountability as the major driver of unnecessary workload which has led to teachers and leaders working, on average, a 58 - hour week, and school leaders even longer.
«We know unnecessary workload is one of the biggest frustrations for teachers and have done more than ever to tackle this by publishing the results of the three workload review groups on marking, planning and data collection - the three biggest concerns raised by teachers through the workload challenge - and accepting all their recommendations.»
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Nicky Morgan, the former education secretary, launched the Workload Challenge - a scheme created back in October 2014 to reduce the «unnecessary and unsustainable workload» of British tWorkload Challenge - a scheme created back in October 2014 to reduce the «unnecessary and unsustainable workload» of British tworkload» of British teachers.
In another government survey related to teacher workload, 44.6 % of classroom teachers and deputy heads thought that their time spent on «unnecessary or bureaucratic» tasks had increased, 41.7 % thought that it had stayed the same, and only 4.8 % believed that it had reduced.
Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), welcomed Mrs Morgan's commitment to tackling unnecessary workload.
«At a time of rising pupil numbers, a recruitment and retention crisis, funding cuts, real pay cuts to teachers and staff, upheavals caused by unnecessary reforms and mounting workload, these figures can not be used meaningfully to hold schools to account.
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