On what basis will NQTs teach a reduced timetable?
All NQTs, including those working part-time on a pro rata basis, should have a reduced timetable of 90 per cent of normal average teaching duties in their first year of teaching. The 10 per cent remission from teaching duties should be used for the NQT’s induction programme. It should not be used as unspecified non-contact time nor should it be used to cover the teaching of absent colleagues. The release time should be over and above any time normally assigned to teachers in a school for activities such as planning and marking and should be used for a targeted and coherent programme of professional development, monitoring and assessment activities. In calculating the reduction in teaching time, we suggest that schools take the normal contact ratio for other mainscale teachers in the school, who do not have additional responsibilities, and use it as their baseline.
