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WAMG notes

The Workload Agreement Monitoring Group (WAMG) consists of representatives of teaching unions and government. It was created to oversee the implementation of the Workload Agreement.

WAMG produces notes which give information and advice to schools and colleges on implementation and key issues to do with workload, such as PPA time and cover.

A complete list of WAMG notes in reverse order of publication is set out below; individual notes are also linked from the relevant sections of this website.

WAMG Note 24: threshold and performance management for teachers in England from September 2009. This is a further note on revised threshold arrangements that confirms the guidance recently sent by email to schools from the DCSF.

WAMG note 23: threshold and performance management in England from September 2009 - change in timescale for assessment applications. This details an extension of the date by which teachers in England can submit applications for post threshold assessment, in order to properly align the performance management and threshold cycles.

WAMG note 22: the appropriate deployment of support staff in schools. This contains advice and guidance to schools and local authorities regarding the appropriate deployment of support staff in schools

WAMG note 21: threshold and performance management from 2009. This outlines changes to threshold arrangements from September 2009, and the way in which performance management will become the evidence base used to inform the headteacher's assessment and decision.

WAMG note 20: effective operation of local social partnerships. This outlines a number of initiatives undertaken by WAMG in response to feedback of members, as follows; further guidance on effective working, a model remit and protocol, and framework process for issue resolution.

WAMG note 19: upating local social partnerships on the programme and priorities. This provides an update on WAMG work programme priorities, which were originally established in April 2006 through WAMG Note 15. WAMG committed to provide this update in Note 18.

WAMG note 18: supporting local social partnership and sustainable reform. This contains key feedback from the national local social partnership (LSP) conferences and proposed actions by WAMG and recommended actions for LSPs in response to issues raised.

WAMG note 17: effective deployment of higher level teaching assistants. This demonstrates the effective deployment of higher level teaching assistants to help raise standards.

WAMG note 16: what schools should have in place regarding the national agreement. This demonstrates what schools should have in place regarding the national agreement for September 2006.

WAMG note 15: sustainability of the national agreement and priorities for 2006-08. This details the group's ongoing focus on sustainability of the national agreement and also identifies priorities for the period 2006-08.

WAMG note 14: school responsibilities in the implementation of contractual change on PPA. This provides an update for schools on their responsibilities in the lead up to the statutory date for implementation of the contractual change on PPA - 1 September 2005.

WAMG note 13: implementation of the national agreement contractual changes. This provides an update for schools and their staff on the implementation of the national agreement contractual changes and the wider remodelling agenda

WAMG note 12: effective deployment of higher level teaching assistants. Guidance on effective deployment of higher level teaching assistants (HLTAs).

WAMG note 6 supplement: supplementary WAMG guidance on cover supervision. Extended guidance on cover supervision.

WAMG note 11: the Every Child Matters (ECM) agenda in England, and extended schools. Information for schools about the work the WAMG is undertaking in relation to the Every Child Matters (ECM) agenda in England, particularly in relation to extended schools.

WAMG note 10: guidance on implementing the statutory requirements on cover supervision and PPA. Guidance to schools on implementing the statutory requirements on cover supervision and PPA.

WAMG note 9: progress report on the introduction of HLTA training and assessment. This is a progress report on the introduction of HLTA training and assessment, and the work being taken forward by the Training Development Agency for schools (TDA).

WAMG note 8: characteristics of LEAs leading the way in workforce remodelling. The Workforce Agreement Monitoring Group has identified a number of factors that characterise those LEAs that are leading the way in workforce remodelling.

WAMG note 7: planning for the next phases of contractual change. Planning for the next phases of contractual change - PPA.

WAMG note 6: support staff roles and training. Discusses support staff roles and training, NJC guidance on support staff roles, and the role of governing bodies.

Guidance for schools on Higher Level Teaching Assistant roles for school support staff. This guidance is part of the package of materials that is intended to help schools to decide the type and how many staff they need as they plan their workforce. 

WAMG note 5: extended roles for support staff and HLTA training. Discusses extended roles for support staff and higher level teaching assistant (HLTA) training.

WAMG note 4: schools responsibilities for the implementation of the contractual change on PPA. This guidance note from the Workforce Agreement Monitoring Group (WAMG) provides an update for schools on their responsibilities in the lead up to the statutory date for implementation of the contractual change on PPA - 1 September 2005.

WAMG note 3: changes to teachers' contract and development of regulations. Progress report on the changes to the teachers' contract and the development of the regulations to be made under Section 133 of the Education Act 2002.

WAMG note 2: implementation of key provisions in phase 1 of the national agreement. Informs schools on the progress being made on the implementation of key provisions in Phase 1 of the national agreement. Introduces readers to the Implementation Review Unit (IRU) and the change process.

WAMG note 1: introduction to the national agreement and phase 1. First in the series of joint guidance by WAMG to assist schools in implementing the national agreement in England and Wales. Introduces the national agreement and focuses on phase 1.

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