P-06-1228 Give secondary teachers a bonus for marking and standardizing summer 2021 official assessments

This petition was submitted by Lisa M Williams, having collected a total of 1,252 signatures.

Text of Petition:                    

As a result of the pandemic, teachers in Wales are responsible for marking, standardizing and moderating GCSE, AS and A2 assessments instead of examination boards. This is in addition to their usual teaching timetable and marking the work of other learners. Some teachers have only been released for one hour to carry out the work and, inevitably, it has had to be completed after working hours and on weekends. KS4 and 5 teachers in Wales deserve a bonus for their efforts, just like teachers in Scotland.

Additional Information:

https://www.thenational.scot/news/19094405.nicola-sturgeon-update-400-payment-secondary-school-teachers-lecturers/.

Status

This petition was considered completed by the Petitions Committee at its meeting on 10/10/2022.

The Committee considered the petition and noted that the Minister’s response was clear that he does not intend to introduce payments, Members therefore agreed that there was little further they could do on this issue and agreed to thank the petitioner and close the petition. It was noted that this may be an area which individual Members may choose to continue highlighting.

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It was first considered by the Petitions Committee on 10/01/2022.

Senedd Constituency and Region

• Cynon Valley
• South Wales Central

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