Recruitment and retention

6 proposals to end ‘motherhood penalty’ and boost retention

Report calls for recruitment target for women heads and priority childcare places for teachers to halt exodus

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Recruitment and retention

How England is locked in ‘global tussle’ for teachers

Schools Week investigation also finds England's teachers are being lured overseas by tax-free packages

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Teacher training

1,300 teacher trainees to miss out on axed top-up courses

Desperate trainees have been left in tears after struggling to secure a place, course providers said

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Teacher training

NPQs: Trusts reveal viability fears after courses slashed

Leaders fear cash-strapped schools which miss out on free NPQs will be unable to afford the training

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Profile

The CEO on a moral mission to make schools inclusive again

Jonny Uttley, chief executive of The Education Alliance (TEAL) academy trust, recently asked his headteachers to write down all...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Profile

Head turned sci fi novelist and teacher trainer Alex Prior

Alex Prior well knows how painful it can be as a headteacher to pour your energy into a school, only for it...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Ofsted

Ofsted: Teachers ‘underwhelmed’ by training opportunities

Key findings from the second phase of the watchdog's review into professional development

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Recruitment and retention

Now Teach warns ‘axing funding will narrow trainee teacher pool’

The charity will stop recruiting for 2025, unless it can secure philanthropic funding

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teach First

‘It’s not just about top graduates’: Teach First changes tack in 2030 strategy

CEO Russell Hobby talks career-changers, a new focus on leadership and becoming less reliant on government contracts

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker