Opinion: Workforce

How to make flexible working work for your school

As the sector moves inexorably towards offer more flexible working opportunities, here are some tried-and-tested approaches and their benefits

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Ashleigh Briggs
Opinion: Workforce

How government can deliver more flexible working opportunities

A planned review of NPQs creates a golden opportunity to use the golden thread of teacher development to mend...

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Professor Samantha Twiselton
Opinion: Workforce

Parental leave must be about more than just maternity

Leaving fathers out from improved policies may serve short-term retention needs but doesnt' go far enough in supporting women's...

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Emma Sheppard
Opinion: Workforce

Retiring makes me a rarity – and that shouldn’t be the case

Sarah Ledger reflects on how the job has changed over her long career, and why those following her out...

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Sarah Ledger
Opinion: Workforce

Recruitment: Teaching’s narrative universe needs a reboot

Teaching has an image problem and fixing it must be a top priority for the government and the sector...

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Tiffany Beck
Opinion: Workforce

Labour will need to tackle education’s shameful secret

A teacher training entitlement will achieve nothing unless ministers address the elephant in the teacher training room

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Josh Goodrich
Opinion: Workforce

What baseball can teach us about recruitment and retention

The story of how baseball player recruitment was transformed holds important lessons for getting out of our teacher supply...

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Raj Chande
Opinion: Workforce

How a ‘right to disconnect’ could stop teachers turning off

As government proposals to solve the recruitment and retention crisis go, Labour’s early proposals are astute and eminently deliverable

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Toks Olusamokun
Opinion: Workforce

A system-wide retention promise is key to solving the teacher crisis

A new paper suggests a large part of the solution to the crisis is in the hands of school...

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Alice Gregson and Jane Creasy