School workloads

Teachers want less bureaucracy, according to Ofsted.

Most teachers in England think government reforms to cut their administrative workload have not had enough impact, a report by the watchdog said.

It found the workload agreement - giving more tasks to classroom assistants - had increased demands on head teachers.

Meanwhile, most teachers still felt bureaucratic demands were "excessive".

Party Response: Conservative

Tim Collins, shadow education secretary, said: "Charles Clarke is all talk when it comes to tackling bureaucracy. The only way to reduce the tidal wave of 'bumf' that threatens to overwhelm schools is to cut the number of