Workforce

Department for Education also says it will expand the national teacher recruitment campaign but has not set out any details

Teacher training should be free to all – but those who leave the state sector for private schools or to teach abroad should repay fees, says NASBTT

Former catch-up adviser and EEF chief also says variation between schools needs to be ‘faced down’

Local authorities say they ‘recognise the vital role of teachers’ but that ‘progress cannot be made by focusing on teachers alone’

This week’s essential education news includes high rejection rates for ITT applications for subjects with staff shortages, and the scale of the teacher retention crisis

Schools are facing social difficulties caused by the pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis that have left them like ‘islands in a raging, flooded river’, says expert

More than half of headteachers would consider phased retirement, partly to avoid burnout, but a third don’t think it will be possible, according to research

Seven subject associations call on the party that forms the next government to ‘strengthen’ recruitment and support for expert specialist teachers

The next government could do itself a favour by talking up the profession and making society value the work of educators, says chair of Headteachers’ Roundtable

Over 12 years, 40,438 state school teachers left within one year of qualifying. New DfE data exposes the extent of the problem, which leaders say must be a post-election priority

The Council of British International Schools’ chief executive says he hopes the next government takes heed of policy changes proposed by heads within the sector

Challenges facing this year’s GCSE exams cohort are significantly higher in disadvantaged schools, findings suggest