The union has instructed members not to comply with tasks that fail to meet the recommendations of a government working group on making the new curriculum less bureaucratic.
For instance, teachers may stop submitting daily or weekly plans or producing detailed folios that support pupil assessments.
NASUWT’s general secretary Chris Keates said: “Excessive workload is blighting teachers’ professional lives and affecting their health and wellbeing, yet the government and employers are failing to act.
“The reforms to the curriculum and qualifications systems have simply piled on the pressure. Recommendations made by a government working group set up to examine these issues are being ignored by employers and schools.
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