Bureaucracy reference group
The Bureaucracy reference group worked with the Department for Education to help cut down unnecessary administration of schools and children鈥檚 services.
This group has closed.
Terms of reference
The Bureaucracy reference group helped the Department for Education (DfE) and local authorities to simplify their management of schools and children鈥檚 services. It also consulted the Association of Directors of Children鈥檚 Services.
The group aimed to help reduce:
- unnecessary detail in documents and communications
- commissioning unnecessary evidence
- unnecessary regulations for schools and children鈥檚 services
- processes that will require teachers to take time away from teaching
It encouraged better communication so that teachers, schools and children鈥檚 services professionals:
- could access guidance on their statutory obligations easily
- received guidance and communications that was easy to read and understand
- received simple instructions on how to provide the data DfE and local authorities needed to hold schools and children鈥檚 services accountable
- were clear about DfE鈥檚 policies on essential teaching areas
Meeting dates
The group met 6 times per year. The last meeting was held in July 2015.
Membership
The reducing bureaucracy group was made up of primary, secondary and special school headteachers and teachers. It also includes business managers and governors from schools and academies.
Further information
Read about reducing teachers鈥� workload.