To minimize the workload for school staff in Wales, the Welsh are formulating plans, Jeremy Miles, education minister said.
As the teachers walked out, in a national strike due to pay, earlier this year, the subject was placed high in the agenda. Head teachers will not make any data returns, or reporting on grant spending and will be working to rule.
It was a priority to tackle the school staff and a managing work load and a diminished bureaucracy group which we put it into place last Autumn, informed by Mr. Miles to Senedd.
Before the beginning of the new academic year in September, the group will now be reset with immediate discussions to ensure a noticeable improvement by the staff and teaching assistance, proposed action will include the impact on the work load, prior to new Welsh government policy. Mr. Miles put forward the discussion on minimizing the information school have to report and avoid duplicating information across the public bodies.
Only vital data to be collected and enforce, annual senses to be reviewed, along with the way the school collect the information from September, a revised-on line booking system to supply cover and source this cover directly. This will allow the available staff in the respective areas and create their own talent pool.
Discouraging schools from over preparation for mock inspections, it is said that neither is an encouraging factor to improve the inspection system.
Controlling work load and the reduction of Bureaucracy will enable the staff to concentrate more on teaching. However, these results are only achievable when collaboratively with the stake holders and try to attain practice solution that will yield results that is needed for this profession in Wales.
This crisis has resulted in trying to do more with less, and clear that a change is imminent. Experts say reducing the reporting burden faced by schools, may be the key with the removal of unnecessary tasks that staff are facing.
Laura Doel, Director of the National Association of Headteachers Cymru, support the holt of mock inspections. And said immense pressure placed on schools is only being aggravated by these unnecessary mock inspections.
This is an important statement that signifies the end of mock inspections, which has no place in Wales.
