The launch of the 14-member taskforce comes only months after teaching staff in England accepted a 6.5 pay rise.
Trade unions have welcomed the creation of a new Government taskforce aimed at easing the workload on under-pressure teachers.
Members of the new body include representatives from the four main teaching unions, as well as teachers, academics and experts.Schools minister Nick Gibb said: “We’ve seen rising schools standards over the last decade and that wouldn’t be possible without the work of great teachers. Trade unions welcomed the new taskforce, but said the Government needed to be willing to follow through.
“High levels of workload are driven by the underfunding of the education system, which leaves teachers and leaders doing more work with fewer resources, and an accountability system of inspections and performance tables which is excessive and punitive.
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