Alongside the additional 1.5 per cent pay award given for 2022-23, 1.5 per cent nonconsolidated payment for that year and increased pay award to 5 per cent for 2023-24, your strike action and campaigning has also enabled NEU Cymru to secure commitments from the Welsh Government to reduce workload and the impact of in-school accountability.

It is time to act on unnecessary workload that is driven by in-school accountability.

The focus on accountability, without the necessary support, is causing unnecessary stress which will drive more good teachers and school leaders out of the profession. We need these experienced professionals to support the implementation of the new curriculum and children in their learning.

There is no better time to act to reduce workload in your workplace.

These resources have been designed to support reps and their union groups to understand and identify what is causing additional workload in your school or college. It will help you work collectively and, where possible, jointly with other recognised unions to take action over unnecessary workload that is driven by in-school accountability.

It includes checklist guidance on some key accountability drivers of excessive workload – data, lesson planning, marking, cover, observations – with an audit tool for you to identify which of those issues are most prevalent in your workplace. You can also download model slides to help you discuss these issues with members and model letters to help your union group to raise those issues with your leadership, bargain for improvements and escalate if necessary.

It is time to value educators, time for you to reclaim your professional lives.

This collective activity to eradicate unnecessary workload linked to accountability is part of our Value Education, Value Educators orientation to workplace bargaining. It sits alongside our bargaining calendar focus on pay implementation, flexible working and directed time.

Join us. Together, we can shape the future of education.