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

14th Feb 2025

MAT defends extending day plan after strike threat
Outwood Grange Academies Trust says its current day falls short of the expected 32.5-hour weekly minimum
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Cut teaching jobs to save Scotland £500m, says IFS
But teaching union warns that cutting teacher numbers would be a ‘false economy’ that would ‘damage life chances’
Cut teaching jobs to save Scotland £500m by 2040, advises IFS report

Thursday

13th Feb 2025

Scotland’s biggest council backs down over planned teacher cuts
A strike planned for next week has been suspended as Glasgow says future cuts to teaching posts will not go ahead and that it will increase teacher numbers
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‘Talking up the profession’ sounds hollow without action
If we want to change perceptions of teaching then real change is needed – from pay to professional respect, says the NAHT’s James Bowen
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Wednesday

12th Feb 2025

Estyn: Welsh secondary attendance rate ‘stubbornly low’
Welsh secondaries’ struggles to recruit teachers are ‘impacting the quality of education’, finds schools inspectorate’s annual report
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Tuesday

11th Feb 2025

Arts teacher shortages hit deprived schools twice as hard
Nearly half of schools in the most disadvantaged areas are unable to offer one of the arts subjects owing to teacher shortages, poll finds
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Friday

7th Feb 2025

EIS reveals first day of teacher strike action in Glasgow
Most schools in Scotland’s biggest local authority expected to close when teachers and other education professionals take strike action later this month
EIS reveals first day of teacher strike action in Glasgow

Thursday

6th Feb 2025

ADES president: What needs to change in Scottish education
President of the education directors’ body Laurence Findlay speaks exclusively to Tes Scotland about council budget pressures, rural schools and recruiting the right teachers where they’re needed
How do ADES president see the path ahead for Scottish education?

Monday

3rd Feb 2025

Tes Schools Awards 2025 adds new inclusion category as entries open
The Tes Schools Awards has added a new category for inclusion excellence at a trust level and four new judges, as entries open for this year’s awards
Tes Schools Awards adds new ‘inclusion’ category for 2025 as entries open

Tuesday

28th Jan 2025

DfE announces new early years training routes
Ministers unveil a three-year early years teacher degree apprenticeship and a new experience-based training route
DfE announces new early years training routes

Thursday

16th Jan 2025

Defined list of teacher responsibilities ‘not helpful’, says DfE
The DfE has responded to recommendations from the previous Commons Education Select Committee on how to address the teacher recruitment and retention crisis
The DfE has ruled out coming up with a definition of teachers' responsibilities, suggested by MPs as a way of improving retention

Tuesday

14th Jan 2025

The 5 key priorities for the NPQ and ECF reviews
Sector experts offer their views on what the two recently announced reviews need to focus on to truly help teachers and leaders – both now and in the future
The 5 priorities for the NPQ and ECF reviews