Trainee teacher numbers rise by 11%, but secondary target still not met Secondary recruitment hits 88 per cent of target, while primary over-recruits by 26 per cent after targets cut by DfE
Trust’s 9-day fortnight boosted wellbeing, but ‘overwhelmed’ some staff Another paper finds impact of including other perks in teacher job adverts ‘comparable to a 10 per cent salary rise’
Trust offers degree pathway to create ‘children’s workforce’ Reach Foundation to launch unit to provide ‘structural solutions’ to workforce recruitment and retention issues
Government lacks ‘coherent plan’ to boost teacher recruitment MPs also tell ministers to assess how effective pay rises are at retaining staff amid concerns over 6,500 teacher target
The shapeshifting 6,500 teachers pledge Education secretary confirms promised teachers won’t all be new, and target omits key subjects aim
Teacher retention payments not as effective as first thought, study suggests NFER analysis finds some initiatives that gave teachers bonuses to stay in the classroom did not boost retention rates
An impoverished work-life drives too many teachers out The default position that teaching should be professionally (and sometimes personally) all-encompassing is a retention own-goal
DfE chief: ‘We can support schools to be more efficient’ Susan Acland-Hood also claims pledge to recruit 6,500 more teachers is underway, but cannot explain policy
Two-thirds of schools using free vacancy website still pay for adverts elsewhere Government launched Teaching Vacancies service in 2019, with ministers predicting schools would save £75m