School behaviour reports ''might burden teachers''
Date posted: 13 Nov 2009
Government proposals to introduce reports concerning the behaviour of schoolchildren might prove to be an extra burden on teachers, according to one expert.
The Department for Children, Schools and Families has this week suggested plans to amend school information regulations so that schools are required to comment on the behaviour of pupils at the end of each year.
However, Sue Fieldman, the Good Schools Guide''s regional editor, has questioned whether the proposed changes are really that essential.
Government proposals to introduce reports concerning the behaviour of schoolchildren might prove to be an extra burden on teachers, according to one expert.
The Department for Children, Schools and Families has this week suggested plans to amend school information regulations so that schools are required to comment on the behaviour of pupils at the end of each year.
However, Sue Fieldman, the Good Schools Guide''s regional editor, has questioned whether the proposed changes are really that essential.
She said: "I''ve got no problem with it as such but is it really necessary?
"It''s an extra burden put on the teachers quite frankly, who are so bogged down with paperwork and bureaucracy they could probably well do without it."
Ms Fieldman continued that in this case, schools might be better off without formal regulations.
The consultation period on the government''s proposals will now run until the start of February next year.
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