Tuesday
Directed hours rule ‘archaic’, says MAT leader
Becks Boomer-Clark, CEO of Lift Schools, said the teaching profession must ‘have a much more mature, sophisticated and flexible understanding of time’
‘Teaching has become a precarious job’
Pressure is building on the Scottish government to address the ‘huge backlog’ of teachers who cannot find secure jobs
Why is France so good at keeping its teachers?
New data shows that France has a much higher teacher retention rate than England. Ellen Peirson-Hagger examines what we could learn from colleagues across the Channel
Monday
Call for Swinney to intervene over council education cuts
EIS writes to first minister amid dismay over ‘hugely damaging’ plans in Glasgow and Falkirk to cut teaching jobs and learning hours
We need more teachers with SEND, says schools minister
Speaking at the Labour Party conference, Catherine McKinnell said the government is looking at how to make teaching more inclusive
Labour urged to ‘bring forward measures’ to tackle teacher supply
The recruitment of postgraduate secondary teacher trainees is 37 per cent below target, analysis of DfE figures shows
Thursday
Don’t fixate on Gen Z, look after millennial mother-teachers
If we want to increase teacher numbers, more focus should be given to retaining experienced teachers, especially women aged 30-39, says Emma Sheppard
Teacher secondments ‘could boost Gen Z recruits’
Career breaks, and five other ways the government could hit its teacher recruitment pledge, according to Teach First
Friday
Review of ‘fitness to teach’ rules opens in Scotland
GTCS calls for views after report earlier this year showed number of teachers being investigated through fitness-to-teach process had hit a 10-year high
Governors told no money for national recruitment drive
Without a new campaign, schools and trusts risk losing out on the ‘valuable expertise and leadership’ needed, warns National Governance Association
