Workforce
The latest news and analysis on the school workforce in the UK and at international schools, including teacher recruitment, retention and shortage subjects
Saturday
9th Mar 2024
Phillipson: More ‘transparency’ needed in regional ‘layer’
The shadow education secretary was speaking at the ASCL conference in Liverpool this morning
Barton: Government must make classrooms ‘fit for learning’
Geoff Barton uses last speech as ASCL leader to highlight the ‘shocking’ state of school buildings, along with the need for a curriculum review and better funding
Friday
8th Mar 2024
Leaders ‘queasy’ about relying on international recruitment
Recruiting teachers from other countries that need them, ‘morally’ doesn’t ‘feel like the right thing for us to be doing’, says ASCL general secretary
Politicians ‘constantly running down schools’ undermines attendance drive
Some politicians and commentators are ‘far too quick to take potshots at schools’, ASCL’s president John Camp will warn today
Wednesday
6th Mar 2024
Budget 2024: £105m for 15 new special free schools
Here’s everything schools need to know about today’s Budget announcement
Parental complaints: DfE told urgent change needed to help schools
The volume of complaints is ‘not sustainable’ and ‘will have an impact on our ability to retain our leaders’, warns CST chief Leora Cruddas
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Revealed: 8 in 10 school leaders see rise in vexatious complaints
Tes investigation uncovers a ‘Wild West’ parent complaints system pushing schools with stretched resources and stressed staff to the brink
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Monday
4th Mar 2024
School leaders call for ‘double digit’ pay rise for all teachers
England has the highest number of unfilled teaching posts in over a decade, warns the NAHT school leaders’ union
How to be your school’s ‘new idea’ filter
School middle leaders can face the tricky task of implementing ideas from the SLT that they don’t believe in but must ensure teachers adhere to. Jo Facer offers tips for getting this balancing act right