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How accountability must change

Accountability
What is accountability for, who is accountable and when will schools be able to welcome inspectors as informed, objective, supportive and empowering colleagues? Deborah Lawson asks the questions

For this new year, term and Parliament, we have produced some resolutions for ministers.

Top is fair and sufficient funding for all phases of education – key to addressing the major barriers in education. Next is workload – and the need to address all its drivers – plus a strategy to enable education professionals to achieve wellbeing through work/life balance.

Successive governments have repeatedly missed initial teacher training targets, and an effective recruitment and retention strategy is essential as pupil numbers grow.

We want the government to recognise and value teaching assistants and commit to professional standards and a national pay and conditions structure for them.

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