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<p>There is evidence that part time and other types of flexible working can benefit
employees, and may contribute to improved retention in both primary and secondary
schools. For example, recent research from the National Foundation for Educational
Research (NFER)[1] on teacher retention recommended that schools should consider how
to implement flexible working opportunities. The Department also carried out a survey
of teacher workload and working hours in 2016[2], and committed to gathering information
on teacher workload every two years.</p><p>My Right Hon Friend, The Secretary of State
for education held a national summit on flexible working in October, which examined
the role of Government and others in improving flexible working opportunities for
teachers. As a result of the summit. more than 60 pledges were made by the Department,
schools and other organisations. Departmental guidance was published this year to
help teachers who are considering working flexibly, and to help schools and employers
to encourage, support, and enable flexible working requests. The guidance, and a new
policy paper on increasing flexible working opportunities in schools, can be found
here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/increasing-flexible-working-in-schools/increasing-flexible-working-opportunities-in-schools"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/increasing-flexible-working-in-schools/increasing-flexible-working-opportunities-in-schools</a>.</p><p>
</p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.nfer.ac.uk/publications/LFSB01/LFSB01.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.nfer.ac.uk/publications/LFSB01/LFSB01.pdf</a></p><p>[2]
<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-workload-survey-2016"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-workload-survey-2016</a></p>
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