The Department for Education (DfE) has published a suite of guidance and materials to help boards and trustees support workload reduction in their school(s) and for themselves.These materials are to help governing boards and trustees:
- support workload reduction in their school(s)
- review and streamline their own practice to reduce their workload
The 3-stage guidance sets out practical tools and guidance to support governing boards to reduce workload, including a workshop which can be run as a whole-school activity or in teams and a discussion template.
- Stage 1 contains tools to help schools carry out a workload audit.
- Stage 2 sets out what schools can do to tackle identified issues which can lead to excessive workload in schools, including support for governing boards and trustees
- Stage 3 contains tools to help schools evaluate the impact of changes after a workload review.
You can access a summary sheet on reducing workload: support for governing boards here.