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<p>The Secretary of State for Education has confirmed that reducing unnecessary workload
for teachers is an absolute priority for this government. We are committed to taking
action, and are exploring ways to do this with trade unions through the current programme
of talks at the Department for Education. We welcome the National Union of Teachers’
contribution to the programme of talks, and their further contribution to the debate
through the proposed eight-step action programme for tackling workload. We will consider
carefully the proposals put forward by the NUT. These will be considered alongside
the results of the recent ‘Workload Challenge’, a survey of teachers launched by the
Secretary of State and the Deputy Prime Minister, which closed recently after receiving
more than 40,000 responses. The results are being analysed and a programme of action
will be published early next year. This government has taken steps to reduce bureaucracy
and burdens on schools, but we know that there is more to be done, and we are committed
to working with teachers to find solutions.</p><p> </p>
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