View from a headteacher
How can senior leaders use assessment to reduce teacher workload?
Report shows how effective data can reduce teacher workload
Crunched by numbers? What schools can do to reduce the data burden on their staff
Data is often cited by teachers as a headache; a view that’s backed up by our YouGov poll, which found that a third of teachers believe that tackling data issues would have the biggest impact on their workload.
This website explores how the Woodard Academies Trust and one of its schools, Sir Robert Woodard Academy in West Sussex, has successfully harnessed assessment to inform teaching practice and cut workload. We hear how a Director of School Improvement, a headteacher and a teacher are all addressing the workload problem, sharing their top tips that you can use, too.
How can senior leaders use assessment to reduce teacher workload?
A teacher's view on how to make the biggest impact on workload
What does effective assessment look like from a Trust perspective?
Three steps to tackle the data problem
One headteacher’s top tips for reducing workload
Workload – teachers have their say
Practical advice on how secondary schools can effectively reduce teacher workload
How St Bede’s has reduced marking workload
How Hinchingbrooke School has improved staff wellbeing
A lot of assessment is misconceived and misapplied
Can data really reduce – rather than contribute to – teacher workload? We asked teachers what they thought…