Teacher workload advisory group
The group considered how to remove unnecessary workload associated with data and evidence collection in schools.
The group:
- identified which assessment data schools do not need to collect
- considered what creates the culture of excessive data collection in schools, including the role of school leaders, governors, parents, the Department for Education and Ofsted
- took stock of existing actions to remove unnecessary workload related to data collection and evidence gathering
- considered how educational technology (EdTech) can eliminate unnecessary workload associated with data collection, and how to mitigate the risk that technology increases teacher workload
Independent report and government response
The Teacher workload advisory group report ‘Making data work’ and the government’s response were published on 5 November 2018.
Terms of reference
Meeting dates
The group met 4 times between May and July 2018.
Members
| Professor Becky Allen (Chair) | Director for new Centre for Education Improvement Science, UCL Institute of Education |
| Janine Ashman | Deputy Headteacher, St Peter’s Church of England Primary School, Portishead |
| Geoff Barton | General Secretary, Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) |
| Nick Brook | Deputy General Secretary, National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) |
| Professor Rob Coe | Professor of Education and Director of Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring, Durham University |
| Jo Facer | Vice Principal, The Ebbsfleet Academy, Kent |
| Sean Harford | HMI, National Director, Education, Ofsted |
| Mouhssin Ismail | Principal, Newham Collegiate Sixth Form Centre |
| Paul Kett | Director General, Education Standards, Department for Education |
| Andrew McCully | Director General, Infrastructure and Funding, Department for Education |
| Rose Murphy | Teacher and phase leader, St George’s Roman Catholic Primary School |
| Darren Northcott | National Official (Education), National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) |
| Martin Post | Regional Schools Commissioner for North West London and South Central England, Department for Education |
| Adrian Prandle | Director of Economic Strategy and Negotiations, National Education Union (NEU) |
| Joanne Roscow | Assistant Head and SENCO, Birchwood Community High School, Warrington |
| Michelle Thomas | Executive Headteacher, New Wave Federation, London |
| Lauren Thorpe | Head of Data & Systems Strategy, Ark |
| Ben White | Teacher and Director of Curriculum, Highworth Grammar School, Kent |