Professor Lianghuo Fan, Head of Mathematics, Science and Health Education Research Centre, has recently been appointed by the Department of Education (DfE) to its planning and resources review group. According to Education Secretary Nicky Morgan, the group is part of the government’s action to address top three teacher workload issues, include marking, planning and resources, and data management, as identified from the DfE’s workload challenge survey – the biggest Department for Education (DfE) consultation of its kind in a decade, which generated more than 44,000 returns (click here for more information).
The planning and resources review group consists of 14 members and aims to, according to DfE, “develop a set of principles for planning and use of resources in schools, make recommendations about planning policies and practice and consider if guidance on effective practice about what works in schools might be necessary” (For more information about the working group, click here). The group, together with two other groups on teach workload issues, is expected to report back to the Secretary of State in late spring 2016.