Opinion: Workforce

The Knowledge. What works to improve recruitment and retention?

Becky Francis sets out key findings from today's new EEF review of international evidence on successful measures to recruit...

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Becky Francis
Opinion: Workforce

If we solve the retention crisis, the recruitment crisis will follow

Staff attrition is a marker of the health of our education system and our diagnosis calls for immediate intervention,...

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Sinéad McBrearty
Opinion: Workforce

Better than before doesn’t mean the ECF is good enough

The ECF may be built on sound pedagogical foundations but trainees need to enjoy and value the experience too,...

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Becky Allen
Opinion: Workforce

RE recruitment woe is a societal problem – but not like many think

Census data showing Britain becoming a more secular society are no excuse to lose everything RE has to offer...

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Bushra Nasir
Opinion: Workforce

Teachers must resist the squeeze on their autonomy

We must confront the growing centralisation of teaching to reverse the alarming declines in recruitment, retention and job satisfaction,...

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Daniel Kebede
Opinion: Workforce

How taster days are helping us tackle the recruitment crisis

There’s no room for complacency in attracting new talent to our classrooms, writes Kaye Patrick, and our taster days...

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Kaye Patrick
Opinion: Workforce

How in-house CPD is saving our time, money and staff

Lee Mason-Ellis explain how The Pioneer Academy has brought training in-house to save money, ensure quality CPD for all...

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Lee Mason-Ellis
Opinion: Workforce

Recruitment: Leaders can’t make do and mend this crisis

Recruitment and retention are no longer a distant problem affecting some, but a clear and present crisis for all...

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Dan Cowling and Alex Russell
Opinion: Workforce

Learning from other sectors to stave off a CEO exodus

Chief executive departure trends in other sectors could soon be mirrored in our own, says Alice Gregson. She offers...

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Alice Gregson