AQW 26998/22-27

Mr Nick Mathison
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 13/05/2025
Answered On Date: 21/05/2025
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 26142/22-27, to outline what recommendations in the report from the Review on the Use of Temporary and Substitute Teachers (i) have been actioned; and (ii) require additional resources.

Answer:

A detailed assessment of the recommendations from the Review on the Use of Temporary and Substitute Teachers has been jointly carried out with the trade unions.

Recommendations which (i) have been actioned; and (ii) require additional resources has been deposited in the Assembly Library.

It has also been agreed that the Independent Review of Teachers’ Workload, including the Heads of Agreement which was part of the 2024/25 Teachers’ pay agreement, will form the basis on which teachers’ and school leaders’ workload issues will be addressed going forward.