Workforce

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

Thursday

24th Apr 2025

Scottish education ‘can’t thrive’ on short-term teacher contracts
Job instability is not just an issue for teachers in Scotland but ‘a community-wide concern’, warns campaign group in response to new research
Teacher jobs: Scottish education 'can't thrive on short-term contracts', says campaigners
Secondary school job adverts fall by almost a third
Teacher recruitment activity slowed ‘markedly’ in the spring term, with schools’ squeezed budgets a factor, warns new report
Job vacancy sign in the desert

Wednesday

23rd Apr 2025

School support staff offered 3.2% pay rise
National employers’ offer comes after the government warned that schools will have to make ‘efficiencies’ next year to cover pay rises for teachers and support staff
School support staff have been offered a 3.2 per cent pay rise

Tuesday

22nd Apr 2025

Cuts to Scottish student teacher targets expected
An excess of around 1,000 primary teachers has been trained since 2016-17, according to an official report
Small child counting on an abacus

Monday

21st Apr 2025

Workload Around the World: Calendar planning and parent events
Tes’ series on reducing teacher workload takes us to New York, where a leader explains the benefits of giving staff a clear picture of what the academic year has in store
Skyline of New York city

Saturday

19th Apr 2025

1 in 4 female teachers verbally abused several times a week
School staff concerns about misogyny and the influence of Andrew Tate laid bare in research that reveals how female teachers have been ‘barked at’ and intimidated by male students
Andrew Tate with boys classroom

Thursday

17th Apr 2025

Music education: how can we hit the right notes with staff shortages?
Music is well-placed to bounce back from falling student numbers but to do so it needs more teachers – and that means changing the narrative, says this trust music director
Broken keys on piano

Wednesday

16th Apr 2025

More school support staff not being paid for extra hours
The working conditions of support staff ‘continue to deteriorate’ due to the underfunding of schools, says NEU boss in response to new research
Women clocking into work

Tuesday

15th Apr 2025

Which subjects are losing and gaining teachers in Scotland?
The number of teachers registered in Scotland fell in 2024, finds a GTCS analysis, with subjects including German and computing among the hardest hit
Which subjects are losing and gaining teachers in Scotland?
Large MATs are ‘havens for higher workload’, says NEU boss
It is a ‘myth’ that academies are more attractive to teachers because they offer more flexibility on pay and working conditions, says Daniel Kebede
Man sitting at desk with loads of papers

Monday

14th Apr 2025

Rise of primary teachers in secondary ‘undermines registration’
Scotland’s inspectorate should check that teachers are teaching at their registered level, says union that warns staff shortages are ‘blurring’ teacher registration categories
Secondary school teacher in classroom
Workload Around the World: No Monday morning deadlines
An international school leader in the UAE talks about how he manages staff workload to avoid a ‘live to work’ mindset creeping in
Workload Around the World Ajman UAE