Created on: 28 Oct 2024
The Stand Up for Quality Education campaign is committed to reducing teachers’ workload; a key aim is to do so by facilitating greater teacher empowerment and teacher agency.
This approach has support from the Scottish Government and Education Scotland as they are also committed to reducing excessive teacher workload, freeing up teachers to focus on what is important - teaching and learning.
The purpose of this advice is to enact the contractual position of a 35-hour week; to maximise the benefits of previous workload gains and, further, to make Working Time Agreements (WTAs) fit for purpose as tools to control excessive workload.
This advice note should be read in conjunction with the EIS advice on workload, including sector specific advice, and with any relevant local agreements on workload and working time.
