How should the government use its data to improve the English teaching profession?
Despite our teachers having the ability to work incredibly faster than most, government interventions appear to be rather sluggish. As a a result, government interventions hinder the potential of our state schools, our teachers and our leaders.
I’ve been researching the conditions of our state schools across England, particularly teacher workload, for over a decade. Nothing surprises me here in this data, regarding government interventions (or not), and the state of our education system …
Published in April 2023, the working lives of teachers and leaders across England (DfE, 2023) documents the current landscape in 179 pages. Here is my summary for busy classroom teachers and school leaders to digest.
