Recommendation 40

It is clear that many teachers and school leaders are struggling with workload pressures in their roles, which are exacerbated by perceptions of what Ofsted expects to see in inspections. There are also concerns that the new framework has caused additional workload pressures for teachers, particularly subject leaders, and school leaders. Ofsted has taken steps to address this through its ‘myth-busting’ work, but the evidence presented to us suggests that this has not been effective or reached all the audiences who need to hear it.