So what does a Fair Workload look like?
- No more than two hours on top of directed time each day for teachers (and three hours for those with leadership responsibilities)
- High-quality schemes of work provided to teachers
- Clear policies about what student work should (and shouldn’t) be marked
- Annual review of workload policies and their effectiveness
The final point here is key, Anstead explains. “If leaders want more emphasis on marking, for example, they will have to have less on planning. What we’re saying is ‘You tell your staff how you want to do this, but it’s got to be reasonable to complete in those two hours.’
