Lambeth Teacher with Lambeth NUT

Dear Colleague

TEACHER WORKLOAD REVIEW – PricewaterhouseCoopers Study

You have already been advised of the study into teacher workload being undertaken by PricewaterhouseCoopers, at the request of the Government and with the agreement of the teachers’ organisations.

Attached is an up-to-date list of 55 schools that have agreed to take part in the study.

The Union has written to the NUT school representatives in the schools to be visited by PWC researchers and a copy of that letter is attached for your information. You will note that the letter stresses the importance of the exercise and the significance of its outcome to the Union’s ongoing campaign to achieve limits to teachers’ working hours, to eliminate excessive workload and to move towards a new contract for teachers.

Yours sincerely

List of Schools Taking Part in the PriceWaterhouseCoopers Study into Teachers’ Workload

1. Abbey School, Faversham, Kent
2. Alexander Patterson Special, Kidderminster
3. Alsager School, Stoke on Trent.
4. Altrincham Grammar School for Boys, Altrincham, Cheshire
5. Broadclyst Communicyt School, Devon
6. Broadclyst Community Primary School, Exeter
7. Brook Weston College, Northampton
8. Castleton CoE Primary School, Derbyshire
9. Chapel-en-le-Frith School, Derbyshire
10. Christ Church Primary CoE School, Chelsea, London
11. Coopers’ Company and Coborn School, Essex
12. Cottenham Village College, Cambridge
13. Cranleigh Court Infants’ School, Bristol
14. Curledge Street Primary School, Devon
15. Dorcan School, Swindon, Wilts
16. Gwenfo CLW Primary School, Cardiff
17. Herons Dale Special School, Shoreham-by-Sea, W.Sussex
18. Horbury Bridge CoE Voluntary School, Wakefield
19. Horningsham Primary School, Warminster, Wilts
20. James Rennie School, Carlisle, Cumbria
21. John Beddoes County Secondary School, Presteigne, Powys
22. Jupiter Drive JMI School, Hemel Hempstead
23. King Edward School, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
24. King Edward VI School, Morpeth, Northumberland.
25. Lady Margaret School, Fulham
26. Maricourt Catholic High School, Liverpool
27. Marlborough School, Sidcup, Kent
28. Mount Primary School, Wallasey, Merseyside
29. Ormesby Secondary, Middlesbrough
30. Oxted School, Oxted, Surrey
31. Park Community School, Barnstaple, Devon
32. Phoenix PRU, Grimsby
33. Pirehill First School, Stone, Staffordshire
34. Rhyl Primary School, London NW5
35. Sharnbrook Upper School and Community College, Sharnbrook, Beds
36. Sheldon Primary School, Teighmouth, Devon
37. St Andrew’s Psalter Lane Clifford CoE Infant School, Sheffield
38. St Barnabus CoE Primary School, Worcester
39. St George’s CoE School, Gravesend, Kent
40. St James’ Primary School, Daventry, Northants
41. St John’s CE Primary School, Manchester
42. St Pauls & All Hallows, Tottenham, London
43. St Thomas’ Primary School, Manchester
44. Staindrop Schoool, Darlington, Durham
45. Stratton Community College, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire
46. The Netherhall School, Cambridge
47. The Wycombe Grange PRU, High Wycombe
48. Trevelyan Middle School, Windsor, Berkshire
49. Ty’r Graig Primary School, Blaenau, Gwent
50. Warwick Road School, Bishop Auckland, Co Durham
51. Welbourne Primary School, Tottenham, London
52. Westfield Primary School, Stoke on Trent
53. Whitesmore School, Birmingham, Midlands
54. Winklebury Jnr School, Basingstoke
55. Woodchurch Road Primary School, Birkenhead

NUT School Representative (Date)

(School Address)

Dear Colleague

TEACHER WORKLOAD SURVEY

PriceWaterhouseCoopers has been commissioned by the Government, with the agreement of the teachers’ organisations, to conduct a survey of teachers’ workload. The intention is that the survey will be conducted in up to 100 schools covering all sectors and types.

Your school has agreed to take part in the survey, which will consist of interviews with teachers by PWC researchers. It is important that sufficient time is set aside by your headteacher for these interviews.

Members being interviewed by PWC researchers need to describe in full all the demands made on them by the school and the impact of these demands on their professional and personal lives so that PriceWaterhouseCoopers is clear about the true extent of teachers’ workload.

The National Union of Teachers has played a critical role in securing government agreement to the review of workload. The survey will feed vital information into the review which itself will lead to progress being made on cutting current workload demands on teachers and an agreement on a new contract for teachers.

Any queries concerning the visit by PWC into your school should be directed to John Bangs, Assistant Secretary, Education & Equal Opportunities, at the address below or by telephone on 0207 388 6191.

Your co-operation is greatly valued and appreciated.

With best wishes.

Yours sincerely

DOUG McAVOY

General Secretary