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Reject fewer teacher applicants, DfE tells trainers

Letter to providers seen by Schools Week flags 'significant rejection rates', even in shortage subjects

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools
New reports show Teach First has a positive impact on school outcomes, but teachers are more likely to leave profession
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Teach First trims executive team after redundancies

Flagship provider makes redundancies after missing recruitment targets

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools
School workforce data shows more teachers leaving the profession and sickness creeping up post-Covid

9 key findings from the 2022 school workforce census

Record number of teachers quit, vacancies rocket and sickness soars – everything you need to know about the state...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools
New workforce data shows an increasingly grim outlook for teacher recruitment and retention

Record rate of teacher departures as 40,000 quit sector last year

New workforce data for 2022 shows 7,800 more teachers quit the profession for reasons other than retirement

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Recruitment and retention

7 bleak findings that show school recruitment crisis is intensifying

Researchers warn of 'perfect storm' of teacher shortages, career moves and a tight labour market

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools
The DfE could miss its target for secondary teacher trainees by more than half this year

DfE on course to recruit less than half of required secondary teachers

Analysis of new government recruitment targets shows teacher supply is 'spiralling out of control'

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
School funding
Results from a new Sutton Trust survey show the proportion of heads reporting cuts to school trips has more than doubled since last year

More heads cut school trips amid funding crisis

Sutton Trust research finds steep rises in schools cutting back on teaching assistants and IT equipment

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Recruitment and retention

Schools cut classroom hours to hold on to teachers 

Headteachers hope scheme will boost recruitment numbers as 'yoga or free biscuits' no longer enough

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools
Proposed ITT partnerships in 'cold spot' areas for teacher training have fallen through

7 NFER stats revealing how abysmal teacher recruitment is getting worse

New report shows primary applications have plunged, with 14 of 17 secondary subjects on track to underrecruit

Amy Walker
Amy Walker