 |  | | Tuesday, 22 October, 2002, 11:33 GMT 12:33 UK Teacher workload: At-a-glance
 The aim is to free teachers up to teach
Teachers in England are to be offered a reduced workload under new plans outlined by the Department for Education. Here are the main points of reform.recruiting 50,000 extra classroom assistants in England's 23,000 schools transferring a total of 25 tasks, for example chasing absent pupils and invigilating exams, from teachers to classroom assistants by September 2003 introducing a new "advanced" grade of classroom assistant who would be able to supervise classes non-teaching tasks, such as photocopying, to be taken over by administrative staff or "personal assistants" a contractual limit of 38 hours per year per teacher on covering for absent colleagues to be in place by September 2004 guaranteed time - at least 10% of a teacher's teaching time - for planning, preparation and assessment (PPA) by September 2005 reducing the average weekly term-time hours from the current 52 over the period 2003 to 2006 guaranteed time for leadership, to allow heads and management teams to be able to focus on leading teaching and learning by September 2005 a government pledge to explore contractual changes so schools can take account of the need for teachers to have a reasonable work/life balance. | | See also: Top Education stories now: Links to more Education stories are at the foot of the page. |
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