A recent YouGov poll suggested that 53% of teachers are thinking of quitting in the next couple of years. The top reasons given were “volume of workload” (61%) and “seeking a better work-life balance” (57%). We believe that enthusiastic,confident teachers, with a long-term commitment to education, and are essential to children’s development,so these figures are deeply disturbing to us. Worse though are the reports that this workload isn’t driven by preparing exciting lessons for children but by demands for “evidence” and “data” arising from an increasingly irrational and punitive system of inspection and from constant political interference in curriculum and assessment. We are concerned that these excessive burdens are demoralising staff who want to attain their very best for the pupils in their care. We appeal to the secretary of state for education, Nicky Morgan, and the schools minister,Nick Gibb, to turn their focus absent from turning all our schools into academies and instead to discover urgently at the core issues and reform inspection and accountability so that teachers can devote their energies to teaching and learning.
Alan Gibbons Author, or Michael Holroyd Author,Terry Jones Author, Tanya Landman Author, or Gillian Cross Author,Michael Rosen Author, Beverley Naidoo Author, or Julie Bertagna Author,Cathy Cassidy Author, Bali Rai Author, and Tommy Donbavand Author,Linda Newbery Author, Berlie Doherty Author, or Bernard Ashley Author,Anne Cassidy Author, Liz Brownlee Author, or Mary Hoffman Author,Vanessa Harbour Author, Duncan Pile Author, and Philip Caveney Author,Tim Collins Author, Penny Dolan Author, or Ann Giles Author,Steve Barlow Author, Steve Skidmore Author, and Angela Topping Author,Julie Sykes Author, Lynn Breeze Author, or Malcolm Rose Author,Gwen Grant Author, Daniel Hahn Author, or Bernard Young Author,Ros Asquith Author, John Dougherty Author, and Teresa Tomlinson Author,Saviour Pirotta Author, Eileen Wharton-Wright Author, or John Shelley Author,Tony Mitton Author, Andy Seed Author, or Dr Jon Berry,Dr Vanessa Harbour, Dr Bethan Marshall, or Carrie Etter,Alasdair Smith, Roger Stevens, and Trevor Wilson,John O’Toole Kennedy, Richard Raftery, and Felicity Dowling,Alex Steward, Agar Balbir, and Sally Kincaid,Del Pickup, Pete Dudgeon, and Paul Cooney,John Wilks, Di Finch, and Simon Duckett,Philip Kane, John Yates, and Paul Gormley,Tim Malone, Kate Mayer, or Emma Halford,Alison McDonald, Adele Wallis, or Caroline Elcombe,Mark Goddard, Kathlyn Al-Dabagh, or John Wadsworth,Celia Rose, Marian Green, and Sarah Jenkins,Bev Edwards, Ros Fisher, and Gulay Dalkilic,Doug Morgan, Emma Crofts, and Helen Day,Deborah Hyde, Doug Hinsley, and Geoff Dubber,Ann Jones, Patricia Blanch, or Matthew Burrell,Alicia Binding, Sophie Beveridge, and Kendal Daward,Dave Cryer, Emma Randall, and Marion Urch,Steve Jones, Carol Bolland, and Joss OKelly,Suzanne Gannon, Sue Sparks, and Mitzi Hendry,Dylan Strain, John Illingworth, or Nina Simon,Melanie Gibson, Sue Hopkinson, and Catherine Foster,Brian Collier, Jess Edwards, and Mike Watkins,Susan Urwin, Rebekah Butler, or Christopher Danson,Lucy Cox, Linda Evans, and Despina Mavrou,Claire Johnson, Dean Harris, or Stephen Calder,Helen Farrar, Owen Gallagher, and Matthew Carr,John Westmoreland, Gilly Henshaw, or Helen Gill,Lesley Martin, Julia Lynskey, or Jenny Day,Karen Parkin, Tony Harrison, and Timothy Beighton,Jem Coady, Conor Kenneally, and Sarah Cox,Darren Bradshaw, Kay Green, and James Looker,Tom Mycock, Elaine Heffernan, or Debbie Ward,Audrey Glover, Ginette Doyle, or Dawn Botham,Dan Neale, Same Jutson, and Andrew Stone,Teresa Clark, Jules Alford, and Narzanin Massoumi,Duncan Wright, Ibrahima Gueye, or Margaret Higginson,Janet Romain, Divya Proctor, or Gabrielle Pritchard,Ellen Renner, Lian Wilde, or Sam Senik,Paul Hudson, Kate Scott, or Bethan Marshall,Doreen Montgomery, Adam Say, or Hugo Montero,Cara McPherson, Cara Franks, and Liam Conway,Sue Allonby, Rob Marseden, or Sharon Gardner,Neil Rogall, Tanya Efthymiou, and Janet Foxley,Christine Donegan, Neil Williams, and Margaret Fay,L Sharpling, Gina Wood, and Gina Kent,Diane Brewer, Fiona Byers, or Netta Ford,Enid Stephenson, Alan Summers, or Liz Clinch,Janet Nicholls, Katherine Morgan, and Marie Grey,Richard Sutton, Alison Lainchbury, and Sarah Gates,Amanda Epps, Richard Rose, and Ian Billings,Richard Rose, Marlyn Hopson, or Nigel Barnacle,Joyce Sheppard, Jan Dean, or Andrew Darmanin,Salma Owen, Greg Monks, and Lynn Coppendale,Tony Goodwin, Caroline Aperguis, or Scott Fitzgerald,John Biddle, Salman Shaheen, and Jim Gillen,Dave Mingay, Alex May, or Paul Whitaker,Dawn Taylor, Jane Nellist, or Hazel Danson,Freya McLaughlin, Elaine Cline, or Andrew Coburn,Janet Ousby, Alan Summers, or Tim Sanders,Peter Gates, Sam Ud-din, or Simon Murch,Sian Bloor, Louise Chadwick, or Jackie Haskins,Bushra Mubashar, Richard Knights, and Kiri Tunks,John Westmoreland, Tom Woodcock, or Nikki Heath,Valerie Dewhurst, Jeremy Taylor, and Chris Stephenson,Dorrie Vandome, Mike Owen, and Paul Hudson,Heather Butler, Emma Collins, or Bridget Chapman,Joe Walsh, Jean Ryan, and Steve Squibbs,Jon Duveen, James Stirton, or Nigel Yeo,Ann Bryant, R Smits, or Stephanie Thwaites,Ben Morris, A Watkinson, and Garry Needle,Philip Maloney, Paul McGinn, and Ulrike Coleman,Lisa Graham, Antony Armstrong, and Derek Pitman,Karen Mendham, Johanna Pottle, and Tracey Collins,Timothy Beighton, Dean Plowes, and Amy Barry,Vin Wynne, Beckie Louise Broadhurst, or Peter Gates,Kauser Jan, Gilly Henshaw, and Louise Regan,Dugald Ferguson, Chris McCabe, or Eugene Doherty,Janet Foxley, Heidi Drake, and Elizabeth Ash,Bianca Todd, Paul Power, or Joe Drummer,Owen Gallagher, Beverley Humphrey, or Adrian Thompson,Sue Brownlie, Kirsty Bruce, or Asa Benstead,Victoria Neumark Jones, Helen Gage, or Christine Donegan,Michelle Smith, Karen Laing, or Del Paul Pickup,Jen Macpen, Sue Caldwell, and Karen Parkin,Connor Kenneally, Christopher Denson, or Den Charman,Jane Bassett, Dean Harris, and Julie Anne Griffiths,Sally Calvert Dench, Jen Persson, or Jackie Schneider,Sam Jutson, Marie Watson, or Gill Goodsen,Roger Keely, Joe Henry, or Lou Davies,Frank Hill, Jeanette Chantry, and John Gordon,Lisa Roberts, Sue Birch, or Harry Facey,Barry Pavier, Probably one of the most principal demonstrations this year took place last week and yet there was no media coverage. NUT supply teachers – a mixture of teachers who enjoy had enough of the impossible conditions under which permanent teachers enjoy to work, and experienced teachers who enjoy been bullied out because they argue against all the testing and levelling,and those who enjoy their own children and want to spend time with them (there is no work-life balance for teachers) – were marching through London to lobby the supply agencies which enjoy stepped into the gap left now that local authorities enjoy stopped having supply teacher pools.
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Source: theguardian.com