Recruitment

Teacher training top-up courses slashed as DfE cuts costs

Funding to provide subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) courses cut to just five subjects from next month

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Recruitment

Just half of secondary teacher recruitment target met

The secondary target has been missed 10 out of the last 11 years

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Overseas teachers exempt from new visa crackdown

Home Office suggests teachers from overseas will not be impacted by £12.5k hike to visa thresholds

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

Recruiters seek actors for school teaching assistant jobs

Unions warn move could be a 'good quick fix' in the recruitment crisis but is 'hugely expensive'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Jamaican teachers ease Harris Federation’s recruitment woes

The leading trust says it has hired more than 150 specialist teachers from the country in five years

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Recruitment

Expand teacher recruitment plan to include support staff, says NFER

Researchers say wider education workforce strategy is now needed to deal with recruitment pressures across all school roles

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Schools

Teach First: 7 findings revealing its impact on schools

NFER research shows marginal GCSE boost under Teach First teachers, but they are also more likely to leave the...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Ofsted

9 key findings from Ofsted’s maths subject report

Maths education 'broadly' more positive than 2012, but recruitment is impacting provision, watchdog research says

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Academies

Trust boss sets up ‘school-owned’ teacher supply agency

Sector attempts to resolve supply teacher issues with 'disruptor' firm

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson