MP hails plans to cut teachers' workloads

The plans come as a result of a Government survey into teachers’ workloads, the biggest of its kind in more than a decade, which prompted 44,000 responses from teachers.

The survey has led to a review into the three main burdens on teacher’s time; marking, planning and data management.

Mrs Trevelyan said: “As a school governor, I am acutely aware of the burden placed on teachers’ time.

“It is so important that we do all we can to lessen that burden and I am pleased this review is as a result of teachers themselves coming up with solutions for how a culture change can be prompted both at Government level and in schools.”

Announcing the plans to the NASUWT teachers’ union conference in Birmingham, Mrs Morgan, the first Conservative Education Secretary to speak at a union’s conference in nearly two decades, said: “Nothing is more damaging to the profession than wasting the passion and expertise of teachers and school leaders on unnecessary tasks.

“That’s why I’m 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. These reports are a great example of the profession taking charge of their own development and I want them to make a difference to the lives of teachers.

“I am pleased to say I am accepting all the recommendations for government in full.”

Mrs Morgan also pledged to continue to monitor the situation in the future, to ensure the review’s recommendations are fully implemented and are working to make a difference in practice.

However, she was also jeered and heckled at the conference as she told teachers about her plans to turn every school into an academy.