Recruitment and retention

Teaching workforce grows by just 259 as recruitment stalls

Almost as many teachers left the profession as entered it last year

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

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
Academies

ASCL President on why she’s quitting headship

Sleepless nights caused by not enough staff to cover classes has been the final straw for Evelyn Forde. After...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Schools

School vacancies up two-thirds on pre-pandemic 2019, data suggests

Figures shared with Schools Week show schools advertised more than 100,000 roles last year

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

In short supply: Cover costs soar as teacher shortages and illness bite

Investigation: Schools sound the alarm as finances hit by education's shrinking workforce

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Covid

DfE looks to ex-teachers to fill Covid staffing gaps

Leaders also asked to 'use their own networks to encourage sign-up'

Tom Belger
Tom Belger