Secondary teacher job adverts hit a historic low as market ‘contracts’ Vacancies drop by a third in one year as staffing problems are driven 'underground'
‘Stretched’ teacher training providers struggling to provide mentors – survey More than half of teacher training providers 'stretched' to find mentors, NASBTT survey shows
Staff to strike over school’s virtual maths teacher NEU members to walk out for six days over Star Academies’ use of virtual teacher based hundreds of miles away for top set maths
Ofsted inspectors to get four days of online training ahead of new framework ‘Underpinning skills programme’ comes on top of planned in-person and live online training, and inspectors also expected to spend nine hours reading inspection toolkits
Support plans ‘misused’ to ‘force out’ teachers from schools, say campaigners More than 100 teachers have shared stories of the ‘misuse’ of support plans, which they say are pushing out staff in a ‘traumatic’ process
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
Poorer pupils ‘locked out’ of key subjects due to teacher shortages Teacher shortages ‘block poorest pupils from some of the best-paid careers in AI-driven economy’
Drop in teacher job adverts as falling rolls and cuts bite Headteachers say they are expecting to employ fewer staff amid falling pupil numbers and financial pressures
One in six teachers would take 20% less pension for a 10% pay rise EPI urges government to investigate the possibility of flexibility in the teachers’ pension scheme