Policy paper

DfE protocol for changes to accountability, curriculum and qualifications

The government’s commitment to minimum lead-in times for significant changes to accountability, the curriculum or qualifications.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 2 October 2015

This was published under the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

Applies to England

Documents

Department for Education protocol for changes to accountability, curriculum and qualifications

Ref: DFE-00114-2015

PDF, 98.8 KB, 2 pages

Details

The Department for Education (DfE) developed the protocol in response to the 2014 workload challenge survey. It sets out DfE’s commitment to:

• introduce minimum lead-in times (the times schools have to prepare for the changes they need to make) for significant changes to accountability, the curriculum or qualifications
• do more to consider the workload of staff in schools when introducing such changes

Published 2 October 2015