Workforce

The latest news and analysis on the school workforce in the UK and at international schools, including teacher recruitment, retention and shortage subjects

Friday

26th Jun 2026

International teacher recruitment: where do teachers apply across the world?
More than 120,000 UK teachers applied for overseas posts in 2025. We reveal the destinations rising and falling in popularity
International teacher recruitment: where are teachers going across the world?

Thursday

25th Jun 2026

How schools survived the record-breaking heatwave
A quarter of schools closed early this week as the UK had its hottest June day on record – with leaders calling for urgent action to cool classrooms
Boy next to fan
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Monday

22nd Jun 2026

Phillipson doing ‘bad job’ as education secretary, NEU members say
Biggest teaching union calls for ‘new leadership’ at the DfE, with members rating Bridget Phillipson even lower than Sir Keir Starmer as prime minister
Phillipson doing 'bad job' as education secretary, NEU members say

Friday

19th Jun 2026

Tes Schools Awards 2026 winners announced
This year’s awards, celebrating excellence and innovation across the sector, attracted a record number of nominations
Tes Schools award 2026

Thursday

18th Jun 2026

DfE proposes early years training shake-up
Government is consulting on two options for redesigning early years training so it leads to Qualified Teacher Status
An early years teacher reading to young children

Wednesday

17th Jun 2026

6,500 teacher goal ‘consistent’ with original pledge, Phillipson says
Education secretary faces questions from MPs over the government’s SEND plans, teacher recruitment and curriculum reform
Bridget Phillipson

Monday

15th Jun 2026

Enrichment benchmarks: no government commitment on funding for schools
The government’s long-awaited enrichment benchmarks for schools have finally been published, encompassing areas such as civic engagement, the arts, nature and sport
Children on a outdoor scavenger hunt
The subjects where the fewest KS3 students are taught by specialists
The proportion of hours taught by a specialist teacher declined slightly across the board for 2025-26, with key stage 3 seeing the largest drop
people

Thursday

4th Jun 2026

Teacher numbers fall by nearly 2,000
But government claims progress towards its manifesto pledge to recruit 6,500 new teachers
Car park half empty

Friday

29th May 2026

Why is teacher workload still so high?
Despite government efforts to reduce workload, teachers report they are still working many hours of overtime. Leaders from across the sector tell us why
Lots of files

Wednesday

20th May 2026

Teach First to be awarded flagship teacher training contract
The High Potential Initial Teacher Training programme will be a key part of the government’s plans to recruit 6,500 more teachers by the end of the current Parliament
Contract being signed
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Friday

15th May 2026

The 4 fundamentals that drive great schools, anywhere in the world
Robert Tarn reflects on his time as a trust CEO and now working for an international schools group on what great education looks like, whatever the context
Swimmer on start line