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Bureaucracy Reference Group
The Bureaucracy Reference Group works with the Department for
Education to help cut down unnecessary administration of schools and
children’s services.
Contents
- Terms of reference
- Meeting dates
- Membership
- Contact details
Terms of reference
The Bureaucracy Reference Group helps the Department
for Education (DfE) and local authorities to simplify their
management of schools and children’s services. It also
consults the Association of Directors of Children’s
Services.
The group’s aim is to help reduce:
unnecessary detail in documents and communications
commissioning unnecessary evidence
unnecessary regulations for schools and children’s
services
processes that will require teachers to take time away
from teaching
It encourages better communication so that teachers,
schools and children’s services professionals:
can access guidance on their statutory obligations
easily
receive guidance and communications that are easy to
read and understand
get simple instructions on how to provide the data DfE
and local authorities need to hold schools and
children’s services accountable
are clear about DfE’s policies on essential teaching
areas
Meeting dates
The group meets 6 times per year subject to the
availability of members.
Membership
The Reducing Bureaucracy Group is made up of primary,
secondary and special school headteachers and teachers.
It also includes business managers and governors from
schools and academies.
Current members are:
John Martin (Chair): Headteacher - Bacons College,
London (secondary academy)
Kate Dethridge (Vice Chair): Headteacher - Churchend
Primary Academy, Reading (primary academy)
Penny Barratt: Headteacher - The Bridge School,
London (community special school)
Sue Barratt: Headteacher - Bournville Junior School,
Birmingham (primary voluntary-aided school)
Barry Blakelock: Associate Headteacher - Bishop
Justus C of E School, Bromley (secondary academy)
Kerry Brimfield: Business Manager - Diocese of
Gloucester Academies Trust (secondary academy)
Bill Dennison: Chair of Governors - Park View School,
County Durham (secondary academy)
Peter French: Assistant Headteacher - Cockermouth
School, Cumbria (secondary community school)
Candy Garbett: Headteacher - The Priory School,
Shrewsbury (secondary academy)
Gavin Gray: Teacher and Head of Science Faculty - The
Isle of Sheppey Academy, Kent (secondary academy)
Bill Holledge: Headteacher - Great Yarmouth Primary
Academy, Great Yarmouth (secondary academy)
Karen Jones: Assistant Headteacher - North Kesteven
School, North Hykeham (secondary academy)
Rosemary Joyce: Headteacher - Tonbridge Grammar
School, Kent (secondary academy)
Anne McCormick: Executive Headteacher - Queen’s
Park Academy, Orchard School and Shepherdswell
School, Bedford and Milton Keynes (primary
academies)
Dave Riddick: Director of Operations - Hinchingbrooke
School, Huntingdon (secondary academy)
Susan Tranter: Headteacher - Edmonton County
School, Edmonton (secondary community school)
Amanda Whittingham: Assistant Headteacher and
Advanced Skills Teacher - Wensley Fold C of E Primary,
Blackburn (primary voluntary-controlled school)
Contact details
bureaucracy.views@education.gsi.gov.uk
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