Recruitment

Teacher training top-up courses slashed as DfE cuts costs

Funding to provide subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) courses cut to just five subjects from next month

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Recruitment

DfE on track to miss teacher recruitment targets, again

NFER analysis predicts secondary target miss despite improving picture, and worsening primary recruitment as crisis reaches ‘critical state’

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Recruitment

Just half of secondary teacher recruitment target met

The secondary target has been missed 10 out of the last 11 years

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Recruitment

Slashing maths bursary in retention pilot lost scores of teachers

While early career payments improved retention, lower initial payment in DfE scheme hit recruitment more

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Recruitment

Expand teacher recruitment plan to include support staff, says NFER

Researchers say wider education workforce strategy is now needed to deal with recruitment pressures across all school roles

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Recruitment, Teacher training

Marking boycott students could see £27k bursaries withheld 

New government guidance released as trainees face degree delays

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Recruitment

DfE ‘assessing’ potential teacher recruitment hit from university marking boycott

Government tells ITT providers it's 'assessing the scale and likelihood' of potential disruption to recruits waiting on degrees amid...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker