Workforce

The chair of education committee demands details on Labour’s progress towards achieving its manifesto pledge to recruit thousands more teachers

With a markedly different academic calendar, teachers moving to a school in the Southern Hemisphere can be forgiven for feeling overwhelmed. However, according to those who have done it, there is no reward without risk

The pipeline of new secondary teachers will increase in the short term but drop off in 2027-28 and beyond, NFER analysis suggests

What is happening in the brain during perimenopause and what support do teachers experiencing symptoms need from their schools? Helen Amass speaks to researcher Aimee Spector to find out

Scotland’s education secretary ‘urgently’ wants to find ‘creative ways’ to encourage primary teachers to retrain for the secondary sector to help with staffing problems

Teachers in London get thousands in pay uplifts to compensate for historically high housing costs. But, given that staff in many other parts of the country now also face high property costs, does the pay weighting system need reform? Tes investigates

The convergence of numerous decisions on pay, funding and workforce will mean the risk of industrial action is high this calendar year, writes Alistair Wood

The Scottish watchdog identifies 5 key ways to make teaching more attractive, as new data shows staff are quitting over lack of support and jobs

Teacher workload and leadership ‘churn’ are among the big issues for the school workforce, an MPs’ committee hears from the NEU, ASCL and NFER

Treasury says the DfE must fund any teacher pay award from its existing budget, with no additional money being provided beyond spending review settlements

Government had aimed to publish its plan to fulfil its manifesto promise by the end of the year – but now tells Tes this will be released along with its White Paper

Teacher numbers in Scotland increased by 63 between 2024 and 2025, meaning the government has fallen short of its target to restore numbers to 2023 levels