Opinion: Workforce

Education must adapt its pension offer to compete

In straitened times, it's right that we look at every lever to attract and hold onto teachers. Our new...

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James Zuccollo
Opinion: Workforce

We need a better recruitment story than the ‘born teacher’

Our reliance on the attractively simple idea that teaching is an innate skillset is off-putting and misleading

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Pritesh Raichura and Josh Goodrich
Opinion: Workforce

It’s high time leaders held DfE to account for workload

My freedom of information request revealed something very wrong with the DfE’s interpretation of what is a reasonable ask...

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Thomas Moore
Opinion: Workforce

ITT providers’ eight priorities to better support inclusion

While MPs call for a ‘clear, costed plan’ to solve the SEND crisis and a definition of inclusive education,...

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Emma Hollis
Opinion: Workforce

I’m still unqualified after ten years. Here’s why

The government is right to pursue flexibility as a retention strategy – but it could also help with recruitment...

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Clare Connell
Opinion: Workforce

Solutions: How to embrace the benefits of flexible working

With the right guidance and recourse to best practice, flexible working as a day-one right could make teaching a...

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Lucy Makins
Opinion: Workforce

What trust leaders say about recruitment and retention

A recent trust leaders' roundtable drew out the key challenges and opportunities for solving this ongoing crisis

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Nav Sanghara and Sufian Sadiq
Opinion: Workforce

Labour must support leaders to improve retention

Regional heat-maps would allow school leaders and policy makers to better respond to local recruitment and retention needs

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Michael McCarthy
Opinion: Workforce

Government must reconnect teachers with their sense of purpose

This year's teacher wellbeing index shows ongoing negative trends made worse by feelings of professional isolation and disempowerment

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Sinéad Mc Brearty