'Wrong and immoral' for teachers to seek reduced hours | Part-time - TES News

Former government adviser criticises teachers who ask to go part-time after taking on full-time roles, summarizes Amy Gibbons, reporter at Tes.

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It is "wrong and immoral" for teachers to ask for their hours to be reduced after taking on full-time jobs, a former government adviser has argued.

Sir Andrew Carter, head of the South Farnham Educational Trust, made the comments at the National Teacher Training and Recruitment Conference in London this morning.
Sir Andrew, who chaired the 2015 review of initial teacher training, also suggested some teachers should adjust their expectations around work-life balance, saying: "Some people have too much work, some people have too much life."...

Suzanne Beckley, senior policy adviser at the NEU teaching union, said later in the conference: "Clearly, there is a demand for flexible working. We know that the new generation of workers expect more flexible working as part of a working life. And while there are clearly practical barriers in schools to that, is it still part of the same conversation about changing what we expect. 
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Source: TES News