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Voice welcomes Commons Committee report

2 April 2009

Voice: the union for education professionals has welcomed the key findings of the Children, Schools and Families Committee's report on the National Curriculum published today (2 April 2009).

General Secretary Philip Parkin said: "The report is a breath of fresh air. It backs what we, teachers and educationalists have been saying for a long time – that the Government interferes too much and its obsessive micro-managing views teachers as cogs in a machine producing an end product rather than as valued and consulted professionals.

"A more consistent and coherent approach to reform by the Government and its agencies would also be welcome instead of the current chopping and changing, back-of-an-envelope, knee-jerk reaction approach.

"Voice would welcome a slimmed-down curriculum, a later start to formal education and greater professional freedom for teachers to use their judgement about what and how to teach.

"I was delighted to read the Chairman's comments that 'We need to trust schools and teachers more and empower teachers to do what they do best'."



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