Workforce

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

Call for support comes as latest initial teacher training data shows international entrants for physics rising by more than two-thirds

The first year following return from maternity leave carries greatest risk of attrition, according to data from a charity for parent-educators

‘Without us, the hands-on side of education simply can’t happen,’ say secondary school technicians – but survey shows their number has more than halved in two decades, says Alastair MacGregor

While primary has exceeded its goal for postgraduate teacher recruitment, secondary is still below the target, government data shows