§ Mr. Damian GreenTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans he has to run pilot schemes for plans contained in his Department's report "Time for Standards", to remove administrative and clerical tasks from teachers; and if he will publish the results of those pilots. [89305]
§ Mr. MilibandOn 4 January 2002 my right hon. Friend the then Secretary of State for Education and Skills announced the Transforming the School Workforce Pathfinder Project—which is working with 32 schools to explore new ways of working to tackle workload, including the use of support staff and ICT to relieve teachers of non-teaching tasks so that they can concentrate on their core teaching responsibilities. Lessons learnt from these projects will be shared with all schools. The project is being evaluated and a report will be published towards the end of 2003.
As set out in "Time for Standards", we are seeking agreement with national partners on a range of contractual and other changes, including relieving teachers of administrative and clerical tasks.