Teacher workload: Marking Policy Review Group
The group was established to consider effective practice on marking in schools which raises standards for pupils without creating unnecessary workload.
The group:
- looked at the workload implications of certain practices, with a specific focus on ‘deep marking’
- considered whether guidance on effective practice and/or case studies about what works in schools might be necessary
- developed a set of principles for marking in schools
- made recommendations about marking policies and practice
Report
Reducing teacher workload: Marking Policy Review Group report
Terms of reference
Meeting dates
The group met 6 times.
Meeting notes
Members
| Dawn Copping (Chair) | Headteacher, Shaw Primary School |
| Dame Kate Dethridge | Headteacher, Churchend Primary School |
| David Didau | Freelance consultant and blogger, The Learning Spy Ltd |
| Nicky Easey | Assessment Leader, The Wroxham Primary School |
| Michael Eszrenyi | Modern foreign languages teacher, Barr Beacon School |
| Carolyn Fox | Executive Headteacher, Rise Park Academy Trust |
| Sean Harford | HMI, National Director, Education, Ofsted |
| Martin Hodge | Professional Officer (Education), Voice the Union |
| Rose Murphy | Classroom teacher and phase leader, St George’s Roman Catholic Primary School |
| Darren Northcott | National Official (Education), National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) |
| Emma Thom | Deputy Headteacher, Plantsbrook Secondary School |
| Mick Walker | Independent education consultant |
| Amanda Whittingham | Assistant Headteacher and Head of English, Wensley Fold Church of England Primary School |
| Yvonne Williams | Head of English, Portsmouth High School for Girls |