Workforce
The latest news and analysis on the school workforce in the UK and at international schools, including teacher recruitment, retention and shortage subjects
Friday
22nd Mar 2024
Apprenticeship plan ‘risks quality of teaching’
The Teacher Degree Apprenticeship scheme is being ‘unduly rushed’ and should be put on hold, warns school leaders’ union
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Recruitment crisis: DfE funds international market probe
DfE wants research to inform decisions on the current use of financial incentives, spot ‘barriers’ and ‘assess eligibility and appetite’ for international recruitment
Leadership skills can’t be ‘frozen in time’, warns NIoT
Professional development for school leaders needs to evolve to equip them with the tools to tackle new challenges, says NIoT chief Melanie Renowden
Schools’ hunt for attendance support as crisis continues
Huge hike in vacancies comes amid major government attendance drive and ‘decimation’ of local authority support
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Thursday
21st Mar 2024
Why we use a TEACHER model for staff appraisals
Rather than using more general GROW or SMART models for staff development, this leader explains why she created a more education-specific model to track teacher progress
Teacher vacancies remain high post-Covid
Experts warn school recruitment will never quite return to pre-pandemic levels as hard-to-hire regions continue to face worse struggle to fill posts
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Wednesday
20th Mar 2024
Unions demand ‘fully-funded, inflation-plus’ pay rise
ASCL, Community, NAHT, NASUWT and NEU say STRB pay recommendations must address ‘reality of pay cuts, sky-high workload and the recruitment and retention crisis’
DfE could under-recruit in 10 secondary subjects this year
Fears of under-recruitment of teacher trainees for the third year in a row remain despite a rise in bursaries, an increase in applications and a reduction in recruitment targets
Friday
15th Mar 2024
Fears that classes could be sent home if Glasgow cuts go ahead
The authority is planning to cut more than 170 teaching posts from August – in ‘many’ primaries, only headteachers will be available to cover staff absence
Teachers’ views on wellbeing revealed in new survey
The latest Tes Schools Wellbeing Report, released this morning, highlights school staff’s opinions on workload, funding and confidence in their roles
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