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| Nicky Morgan pledges to cut teachers' workload | Nicky Morgan pledges to cut teachers' workload |
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| Education Secretary Nicky Morgan held out an olive branch to the teaching profession in England with the promise to reduce their workload. | Education Secretary Nicky Morgan held out an olive branch to the teaching profession in England with the promise to reduce their workload. |
| Speaking to the Conservative party conference, she said it would be her priority to "reduce the overall burden on teachers". | Speaking to the Conservative party conference, she said it would be her priority to "reduce the overall burden on teachers". |
| Mrs Morgan said parents did not want stressed and exhausted teachers. | Mrs Morgan said parents did not want stressed and exhausted teachers. |
| The National Union of Teachers has threatened to strike over excessive workload. | The National Union of Teachers has threatened to strike over excessive workload. |
| Teachers have complained that they face long hours and excessive bureaucracy. | Teachers have complained that they face long hours and excessive bureaucracy. |
| On Tuesday, the NUT published a report saying that thousands of teachers were at "breaking point" and considering quitting. | |
| 'Too stressed' | 'Too stressed' |
| But Mrs Morgan reached out to teachers, the "heroes" of the education system, promising that she would make a priority of reducing their workload. | But Mrs Morgan reached out to teachers, the "heroes" of the education system, promising that she would make a priority of reducing their workload. |
| She said she sympathised with teachers "working late into the night marking books, planning lessons, preparing for inspections that may or may not come". | She said she sympathised with teachers "working late into the night marking books, planning lessons, preparing for inspections that may or may not come". |
| And she told delegates: "I don't want my child to be taught by someone too tired, too stressed and too anxious to do the job well." | And she told delegates: "I don't want my child to be taught by someone too tired, too stressed and too anxious to do the job well." |
| She also promised to find ways for teachers to spend more of their time in the classroom teaching. | She also promised to find ways for teachers to spend more of their time in the classroom teaching. |
| Mrs Morgan said she would work with teachers' unions and representatives to discuss problems with workload - and to "treat them as the professionals they are". | Mrs Morgan said she would work with teachers' unions and representatives to discuss problems with workload - and to "treat them as the professionals they are". |
| In her first conference speech as education secretary, Mrs Morgan struck a conciliatory tone, in contrast to the often strained relations between the teaching profession and her predecessor Michael Gove. | In her first conference speech as education secretary, Mrs Morgan struck a conciliatory tone, in contrast to the often strained relations between the teaching profession and her predecessor Michael Gove. |
| The conference gave prolonged applause to Mr Gove when his reforms were praised in Mrs Morgan's speech. | The conference gave prolonged applause to Mr Gove when his reforms were praised in Mrs Morgan's speech. |
| Free schools | Free schools |
| The education secretary announced plans for the opening of a further 35 free schools which will create 22,000 more places, including 17 new schools in London. | The education secretary announced plans for the opening of a further 35 free schools which will create 22,000 more places, including 17 new schools in London. |
| This will include Wootton Park School in Northampton, a primary and secondary school, which will occupy a former police headquarters and will specialise in crime science. | |
| While promising more free schools, the education secretary speech also emphasised the importance of valuing all kinds of schools in England. | |
| Mrs Morgan signalled changes to the provision of careers' services. There have been widespread warnings about shortcomings in careers' advice, including from the education select committee and the CBI. | Mrs Morgan signalled changes to the provision of careers' services. There have been widespread warnings about shortcomings in careers' advice, including from the education select committee and the CBI. |
| In particular there were concerns about careers' advice being made the responsibility of individual schools. | In particular there were concerns about careers' advice being made the responsibility of individual schools. |
| She said that careers' advice had been "too long overlooked in schools" and that it was a "vital part of our long-term economic plan". | She said that careers' advice had been "too long overlooked in schools" and that it was a "vital part of our long-term economic plan". |
| Brian Lightman, head of the Association of School and College Leaders, welcomed the promise for greater trust in the teaching profession. | Brian Lightman, head of the Association of School and College Leaders, welcomed the promise for greater trust in the teaching profession. |
| But he said that to give schools the flexibility they needed that "accountability measures need to be slimmer and smarter". | But he said that to give schools the flexibility they needed that "accountability measures need to be slimmer and smarter". |
| Chris Keates, leader of the NASUWT teachers' union, welcomed the recognition of how teachers' lives were "blighted by excessive workload". | Chris Keates, leader of the NASUWT teachers' union, welcomed the recognition of how teachers' lives were "blighted by excessive workload". |
| But she said the education secretary needed to recognise that government policies were contributing this increase in workload. | But she said the education secretary needed to recognise that government policies were contributing this increase in workload. |
| Christine Blower, leader of the NUT, said Mrs Morgan now recognised that "an exhausted, dispirited teacher is not what children or parents want or deserve". | |
| And she said that in the next weeks teachers would find "what action Nicky Morgan is prepared to take to bring about very significant change". | |
| Natalie Evans, director of the New Schools Network, backed the latest expansion in free schools. | Natalie Evans, director of the New Schools Network, backed the latest expansion in free schools. |
| "We've seen the popularity of free schools across the country continue to grow - amongst both groups wanting to set up new schools and parents wanting to secure a place for their child," she said. | "We've seen the popularity of free schools across the country continue to grow - amongst both groups wanting to set up new schools and parents wanting to secure a place for their child," she said. |
| Labour's shadow education secretary, Tristram Hunt, said: "David Cameron's government has damaged school standards by allowing unqualified teachers into the classroom, pressing ahead with the failing free schools programme and having no plan for the forgotten 50% of young people - those young people who do not wish to pursue the traditional academic route." | Labour's shadow education secretary, Tristram Hunt, said: "David Cameron's government has damaged school standards by allowing unqualified teachers into the classroom, pressing ahead with the failing free schools programme and having no plan for the forgotten 50% of young people - those young people who do not wish to pursue the traditional academic route." |