Workforce

The report from the world’s largest survey of teachers is out now – with findings on staff shortages and retention, as well as CPD needs and how well prepared teachers are to teach in multilingual classrooms

Maths scholarships worth £31,000 are being scrapped, while awards for modern foreign languages will fall by £6,000 under new DfE guidance

New government statistics show that retention rates in many leadership roles continue their long decline. Tes breaks down the data

Evidence shows teachers are vulnerable to persistent feelings of inadequacy, and this can have wide-ranging negative effects for schools, finds Mark Roberts

NFER says teacher shortages will leave schools relying on non-specialists, timetable changes or returners to plug gaps

And nearly half of primary teachers now say that pupil misbehaviour affects their wellbeing, DfE survey finds

Some 36 per cent of secondary teachers report that a non-specialist is teaching children who have just moved up to their school, a Teacher Tapp poll for Tes shows

The ‘mixed’ health of Stem education in Scotland highlights the ‘indispensable role of school technicians’, says Alastair MacGregor

Since launching its ground-breaking nine-day fortnight a year ago, Dixons Academies Trust says it has seen a drop in staff turnover and sickness absence. Ellen Peirson-Hagger asks about the challenges and rewards of the policy

Royal Society of Chemistry annual survey also finds that science teaching staff are struggling to deliver practical lessons

Workforce sustainability in early years will be examined by Commons Education Select Committee, as will families’ access to services and the quality of outcomes for children

The DfE has also reduced the recruitment target for the Future High Potential Initial Teacher Training scheme by 750 trainees a year