Workforce
The latest news and analysis on the school workforce in the UK and at international schools, including teacher recruitment, retention and shortage subjects
Monday
18th Sep 2023
Why non-specialist teaching is harming retention
Asking new teachers to take on subjects outside their specialism is having a major impact on teacher recruitment and retention, says Hari Rentala from the Institute of Physics
Named: the experts tasked with cutting 5 hours from teachers鈥� working week
DfE commits to a three-year deadline for reducing teachers鈥� working hours, and confirms it is refreshing its 2019 recruitment and retention strategy
Friday
15th Sep 2023
Primary heads: 鈥楤urnout seems to be inevitable鈥�
Scottish primary headteachers are increasingly negative about the role 鈥� and most deputes and principal teachers don鈥檛 want the job. So, what needs to be done?
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The 鈥榤otherhood penalty鈥� is driving teachers in their 30s to quit
The largest cohort to leave education last year was women aged 30-39 鈥� many of whom are new mothers. Clearly, things need to change 鈥� and fast, says Emma Sheppard
糖心Vlog News podcast: How will the DfE reboot teacher recruitment?
Join the 糖心Vlog News team as we discuss our exclusive report that the government is set to refresh its teacher recruitment strategy in response to school staffing problems
DfE set to refresh teacher recruitment strategy amid crisis
Changes to the government鈥檚 teacher recruitment and retention strategy must account for growing demand for flexible working, say experts
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Thursday
14th Sep 2023
Weekly round-up: Strike threat and teacher industrial action
This week鈥檚 essential education news includes school support staff voting on a strike, teachers taking industrial action over workload, and the DfE planning to reboot teacher recruitment
Revealed: The 15 schools leading a 拢15m language hub scheme
The DfE鈥檚 language hubs are aimed at helping to improve take-up of Spanish, French and German
Tuesday
12th Sep 2023
Competitive pay 鈥榗rucial鈥� for teacher supply, warns OECD
England鈥檚 secondary school teachers saw their pay fall by 3% in real terms between 2015 to 2022, report finds
Secondary ITT recruitment 鈥榯o fall short of target鈥� again
Teacher and school leader union leaders warn of a 鈥榲icious cycle鈥� of under-recruitment