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
Opinion: Workforce

Can the ECF really fix our perpetual retention crisis?

A new report indicates likely improvements for the early career framework – but none is likely to make teaching...

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Becky Allen
Opinion: Workforce

Recruitment: Edtech’s solution to the governance gap

With two-thirds of governing bodies reporting at least one vacancy, Simon Hay offers an edtech solution to recruitment –...

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Simon Hay
Opinion: Workforce

We need to talk about workload (again)

Workload continues to cause a retention challenge, writes Reka Budai, but we're missing important detail to tackle it by...

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Reka Budai
Opinion: Workforce

Recruitment: Our scramble for youth is missing the talent

Changes in population and the labour market mean the government’s scramble for young recruits is no longer a workable...

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Katie Waldegrave