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General increase is welcome but subject shortages and retention are a challenge.
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General increase is welcome but subject shortages and retention are a challenge.
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.
TALIS shows us that under normal circumstances, teachers are overworked, stressed and looking to leave the profession.
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.
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.
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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Government announces a raise in starting salaries for teacher.
Kevin Courtney, joint general secretary of the National Education Union has commented on the appointment of Gavin Williamson as the new Education Secretary.
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.
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.
Dr Mary Bousted, Joint General Secretary of the NEU has commented on the release of the Department for Education’s recruitment and retention strategy.
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.
Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary, National Education Union has commented on the release of the trainee number census for 2018-19.
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.
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.
The DfE has released the results of its 2017/18 Initial Teacher Training (ITT) Census
A survey by Eteach on teacher recruitment and retention is commented on by Dr Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the National Education Union.