Toolkit on reducing teacher workload launched by DfE

A series of online resources to help head teachers eliminate unnecessary and time-consuming tasks has been launched by Education Secretary Damian Hinds

Developed with leading teachers, school leaders and technology experts, the toolkit provides advice and workshops on minimising the most burdensome tasks such as pupil feedback and marking, planning and resources, and data management.

It hosts ready-made tools to help schools quickly implement new policies, and cut down on time-consuming tasks such as email communication.

There are also a series of case studies to share knowledge of how schools across the country have used technology to streamline processes.

Alongside this toolkit, the School Standards Minister Nick Gibb has launched the first in a series of online videos – made with teaching unions, professional bodies and schools – providing advice and guidance on workload.

The first video – on the theme of planning – features the joint general secretaries of the National Education Union, Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney, and makes clear that individual lesson planning is not a requirement from either the Department for Education or Ofsted.

This follows research published today in the Government’s ‘Use and Perceptions of Curriculum Support Resources in Schools’ report which found that collaboration or sharing of resources between schools, departments and teachers helped to reduce the workload associated with curriculum planning.