Teacher workload resource hub

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Last updated on 6 September 2018

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At The Key, we believe teacher workload is in school leaders' hands. We've found leadership teams across the country who have dramatically reduced the workload burden without compromising pupil outcomes. Here are the step-by-step case studies and downloadable resources you need to take lasting action in your school.

"Tackling teacher workload is crucial in tackling the teacher recruitment and retention crisis and putting the joy back into teaching. Schools have had to cope with multiple pressures which drive workload – including real-terms funding cuts and major reforms to the curriculum and accountability system. So anything which helps them to find ways of freeing up teacher time has our full support, and this suite of resources provides very useful practical help"
Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders

Use these resources to take lasting action in your school:

Case study: how one 'outstanding' secondary school cut its marking workload by 75%
Barr Beacon School cut down teachers' marking time to less than an hour a day by banning detailed written marking and improving the way staff give feedback to pupils. Read on and download this school's marking policy and other resources to learn how you can make this happen too.

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Case study: save teachers 2 hours a day with strategic minimal marking
Headteacher Clare Sealy stopped written marking in her primary school and made feedback and pupil self-assessment part of every lesson without compromising on pupil outcomes. This is how she did it, and how you can too.

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Pre-flight meeting checklist
Cut the time you and your staff spend in meetings by using our downloadable pre-flight checklist. It will help you to decide when you definitely need a meeting, who really needs to be there, and when to send a memo instead.

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"Do we need a policy on this?": decision flowchart
Use our downloadable flowchart to ensure you only create the policies you absolutely need and avoid hours lost to policy overload.

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Teacher workload audit tool
Download our teacher workload audit tool to cut down on time wasted on ineffective or unproductive tasks.

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Poll results: how to reduce your teachers' workload
School leaders like you have stopped many time-consuming tasks in their school without negatively impacting pupil outcomes. See what you and your team can stop doing too.

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Slash teachers' workload: what to stop doing
Cut out these 8 time-consuming practices and win back precious hours for your staff, without sacrificing learning or inspection outcomes.

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What not to do with pupil performance data
Ofsted has warned against excessive use of data to assess pupil performance because it is not always reliable. Here are 5 common data practices that you could stop doing, and strategies to use instead, to identify what your pupils know and drive down teacher workload.

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5 hacks to reduce your pupil report workload
See examples of time-saving report-writing strategies from other schools, alongside tips on how to improve your reporting processes.

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