Workload audit
A workload audit checklist to use to identify which of those issues are most prevalent in your workplace.
Workplace reps at three schools in Darlington, in the north east of England, have won major victories on workload after using the NEU’s workplace audit.
They used the audit, which includes a checklist to identify the most prevalent workload issues, then took their concerns to management and won major changes.
At Carmel College, reps Michelle Duffy and Tony Graham managed to get meetings reduced from an average of three or four per week to one.
Red Hall Primary School NEU rep Stacy Akers found many teachers were working 200 hours over their annual directed time of 1,265 hours. This is now 80 hours, with regular reviews aiming for zero.
At rep Clare McAdam’s school, St John’s Church of England Academy, after-school clubs are no longer a requirement.