Our society is shaped by those who work with children and young people – you support them to develop, explore and learn. You drive improvements and increase opportunity for the next generation. Your expertise and understanding of what they needs is central to everything that this government wants to achieve.
This is why it’s so important that you take the opportunity to share your views with the DfE. Your work is vital, and sharing your ideas and reflections gives us invaluable insight into you experiences that can help shape policy.
Take part in surveys, polls and answer targeted questions on key priority areas to help drive improvements and overcome challenges together.
The impact of sharing your experiences
Here are some issues we have consulted on and their outcomes.
We asked
What are the main barriers to requesting flexible working options in your school?
You said
You told us about how fixed timetables limited options, how school leaders / parents were resistant to change, your concerns about existing high workload and how you didn’t know how to ask / what to ask for.
We did
Published a range of materials designed by schools who have successfully embedded a culture of flexible working to outline options and model how these barriers can be addressed [link].