Workforce
The latest news and analysis on the school workforce in the UK and at international schools, including teacher recruitment, retention and shortage subjects
Wednesday
3rd Apr 2024
NEU: Teachers could strike in September
The leader of the largest teaching union said that strikes were not off the table and could take place later this year
£10k payment for non-UK trainees cut for next year
The international relocation payment for overseas teacher training applicants for physics and languages has been stopped
Warning over ITT dropout rise after subject funding cuts
Universities’ Council for the Education of Teachers writes to Gillian Keegan describing the decision to end funding for teacher trainee subject knowledge courses as ‘unprecedented’
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Education system has had ‘failure baked in’ since Gove
NEU president says teachers’ autonomy has been reduced by an education system that stops teachers from being ‘the educators they want to be’
Friday
29th Mar 2024
NASUWT: Next government must reverse ‘14 years of underfunding’
‘Our profession is in crisis,’ new NASUWT president Rashida Din will warn at the union’s annual conference today
NASUWT: Teachers are facing ‘dystopian’ stress levels
The teaching union is campaigning for ‘a new deal for teachers’ in the run-up to the next general election
Thursday
28th Mar 2024
Teacher degree apprenticeship: everything you need to know
How will the government’s new teacher degree apprenticeships work and how has the schools sector reacted?
‘Frustration’ at performance pay changes no-show
The DfE said in January it aimed to give schools ‘sufficient notice to prepare during the summer for September 2024 implementation’
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Over 1 in 4 teacher trainee applicants are from overseas
Tes analysis of government data shows an increase in international applicants to ITT courses six months into the academic year
Monday
25th Mar 2024
Khan Review: Provide more help for threatened teachers
The government’s independent social cohesion adviser, Dame Sara Khan, has called on the DfE to create a ‘Cohesion and Conflict Unit’ to support schools
Flexible working: how our trust is reaping the benefits
The CEO of a flexible working ambassador MAT explains the changes it has made and the advantages of schools allowing more flexible working