The National Education Union (NEU) is calling for a radical overhaul of the school improvement consortia, which cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of pounds and fund advisors to support schools to drive up standards.
The union is calling time on these bodies and wants a working party of serving teachers and headteachers to decide on an alternative.
It says their members’ health is being affected by the pressure exerted by education consultants and challenge advisors tasked to find ways for schools to get better results.
The four school improvement consortia, created by the Welsh government and launched in 2012, are funded by grants, including the Pupils Development Grant, and the 22 local education authorities they assist, the union said.
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