Opinion: Workforce

Schools can now start to experience the joy of flex

Today’s report promises to finally get on top of a retention problem that has been dogging the profession for...

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Jonathan Simons
Opinion: Workforce

Two first steps towards a racially inclusive teaching profession

The latest data on diversity in the teacher workforce is unsurprising - and we can very easily do a...

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Evelyn Forde
Opinion: Workforce

No drama: How Labour can deliver 6,500 extra teachers

These small but meaningful changes are more likely to realise the new government’s ambition than an advertising campaign

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Jane Fletcher
Opinion: Workforce

We should listen to teachers on pension flexibility

United Learning and teachers' unions have collided over an alternative pension plan - but what do teachers themselves think?

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James Zuccollo
Opinion: Workforce

It’s time to take matters into our own hands on SBP pay

Consistently undervaluing school business professionals has led to a supply crisis, and our new framework aims to fix that...

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Stephen Morales
Opinion: Workforce

Why the new government should invest in school internships

Offering opportunities to students and career changers could boost teacher recruitment and cut workloads at the same time

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Dame Alison Peacock
Opinion: Workforce

We must show that the grass is greenest in schools to build our workforce

Recruitment and retention woes aren’t unique to the sector. We just have to work harder to attract and hold...

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Penny Swain
Opinion: Workforce

Career changers could be game changers for teacher recruitment

A career change to teaching shouldn’t such a hard sell to a motivated audience - so what is DfE...

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Nicola Davenport
Opinion: Workforce

The solution to our recruitment crisis is in our communities

By pulling together, we can create a new institution to offer progression pathways for people in and around our...

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Ed Vainker and Rajbir Hazelwood