Initial Teacher Training
The NEU urges the Government to halt the ITT market review, take a pause for breath, and then really engage all stakeholders in a discussion about what the issues and solutions in ITT provision are.
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School Workforce Data
The school workforce data must be seen in the context of the severe recruitment and retention problems that have developed over the past decade.
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EPI on Teacher Pay and Retention
The EPI report rightly highlights the severe teacher recruitment and retention problems, and the significant gaps between teacher pay and the pay of other graduate professions.
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Ofsted on Teaching Teachers
We urge the Government to fully fund schools to deliver the practical support new teachers need to become confident and competent classroom practitioners, and not risk a further loss to the profession that the system can ill afford.
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EPI on Teacher Training and Development
The NEU agrees that a boost to the amount of high quality CPD teachers receive would be extremely welcome by the profession and a good step in improving retention.
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Teacher labour market
The NFER is right to note that any improvement in teacher supply due to the pandemic will be short-lived.
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Latest DfE figures for trainee teachers
General increase is welcome but subject shortages and retention are a challenge.
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Teacher Training
NEU is calling on Government to follow the example of Scotland by centrally employing newly qualified teachers from this September, so that the needs of schools are met and talent is not wasted.
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OECD Talis survey 2018
TALIS shows us that under normal circumstances, teachers are overworked, stressed and looking to leave the profession.
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EPI on teacher supply and disadvantages schools
As the EPI report itself notes, teacher recruitment and retention problems are widespread and severe. The proposals in the EPI report for yet further fragmentation of pay will cause more problems.
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Behaviour Support
This announcement is silent about the pressures on disadvantaged schools, where more teachers are leaving. Heads and teachers are only too acutely aware of what they want to do more of in order to support students, but they can't because of funding and staffing cuts.
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Initial Teacher Training 2019
Initial Teacher Training recruitment figures in England - 2019 to 2020 released today, show that the Government has failed to recruit enough trainee teachers, based on its own targets.
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Starting salaries
Government announces a raise in starting salaries for teacher.
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New Education Secretary
Kevin Courtney, joint general secretary of the National Education Union has commented on the appointment of Gavin Williamson as the new Education Secretary.
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Recruitment and retention
One need only look at this week’s Teacher Workforce statistics from his own department, to see that teachers are leaving at an alarming rate.
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Recruitment and Retention
Dr Mary Bousted, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union comments on the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER)’s first annual report on the teacher labour market in England.
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Teacher Recruitment and Retention
Dr Mary Bousted, Joint General Secretary of the NEU has commented on the release of the Department for Education’s recruitment and retention strategy.
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Teacher recruitment and retention
As pupil numbers rise, the Government needs to address the crisis in recruitment and retention, in particular by offering professional levels of pay and by reducing workload.
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Initial Teacher Training
Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary, National Education Union has commented on the release of the trainee number census for 2018-19.
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NEU comment on Language Hubs
The Government’s announcement of a network of ‘language hubs’ designed to boost the take-up of Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) at GCSE level, is not enough to address the shortage of MFL teachers, the NEU says.
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NEU comment on school workforce stats
The School Workforce Census statistics show the number of teachers has now fallen to the lowest level since 2013 - with more qualified teachers leaving the profession than the number entering.
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How bad does a teacher recruitment crisis have to be before the DfE calls it a crisis?
The DfE has released the results of its 2017/18 Initial Teacher Training (ITT) Census
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National Education Union comment on teacher recruitment and retention
A survey by Eteach on teacher recruitment and retention is commented on by Dr Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the National Education Union.