The government has committed to removing the “bureaucratic requirement” of performance-related pay in schools by September, but has snubbed its workload taskforce’s call for an extra inset day.
The taskforce has this morning published an early set of recommendations as part of ministers’ pledge to cut five hours from the working week of teachers and school leaders.
The taskforce said there were concerns performance-related pay (PRP) “works poorly in practice and does not have a commensurate positive impact on teaching and learning”, recommending a formal commitment to ditch it in time for the 2024-25 academic year.
Government said it recognised concerns around the “administrative and workload burden” of the practice and will replace the system with a “less bureaucratic way to manage performance fairly and transparently”.
