<p>Teachers’ Planning, Preparation and Assessment Time </p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education – in the Senedd at 2:02 pm on 8 February 2017.

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Photo of David Melding David Melding Conservative 2:02, 8 February 2017

Cabinet Secretary, as the chair of two governing bodies, I often think that teachers have a similar working lifestyle to us. They need to do a lot of preparation. They have to do a lot of work in the evening and in what people refer to constantly as the holidays. But, sometimes, you need to have that protected time—when we are in the office environment but when they are in the school—so that they have access to colleagues and sources of advice, and so that they can plan. It’s really important that there is that 10 per cent or so of time protected for them.