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

20th Jun 2025

How many teachers are there in the UK?
Find the latest school workforce numbers for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Counting abacus

Thursday

19th Jun 2025

Teacher resignation dates 2025-26
Thinking about a new job? Here is our guide to teacher and headteacher resignation dates – and a timeline of what you should be doing and when
Throwing in the towel

Monday

16th Jun 2025

Phillipson does not rule out restricting EHCPs to special schools
Education ministers questioned on SEND reforms, teacher recruitment and screen time in schools today
Bridget Phillipson

Friday

13th Jun 2025

Russell Hobby: DfE targets ‘not the important thing’ for Teach First
The outgoing chief executive of Teach First reflects on his time leading the teacher training charity, how the government could improve recruitment and why it’s not always bad if graduates leave the profession
Russell Hobby, CEO of Teach First
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Thursday

12th Jun 2025

Pay teachers more to tackle staff shortages, says new SLS chief
Secondary heads are under ‘constant pressure’ to drive up attainment – but they can’t do that without teachers, says the incoming general secretary of School Leaders Scotland
David Barnett
Why are female secondary heads £6K worse off than men?
The gender pay gap for secondary headteachers is widening. Ten years ago there wasn’t a gap at all. What’s going on? Ellen Peirson-Hagger analyses the data
Gender pay secondary heads £6k a year worse off than men

Wednesday

11th Jun 2025

DfE proposes changing who is included in school support staff body
The DfE is consulting on excluding certain staff – including MAT leaders – from the new School Support Staff Negotiating Body
Cherry picking inclusion

Tuesday

10th Jun 2025

DfE sets out how schools can ‘safely’ use AI
New guidance for schools on using AI can help to cut teachers’ workload, says the government
Guidance on the use of AI for schools has been published

Monday

9th Jun 2025

Tackling ethnic disparities could help 6,500 new teachers target
The NFER has suggested that discrimination may be a factor behind the ‘significant ethnic disparities’ in initial teacher training rejection rates
ethnic disparities recruitment

Sunday

8th Jun 2025

‘Acute teacher shortages’ in rural areas and key subjects
New data shows hundreds of teaching posts being advertised ‘over and over again’ – prompting calls for probationers to be offered three-year contracts
School in countryside

Friday

6th Jun 2025

Teacher supply: why 5 subjects face gloomier forecasts
Why are drama, history, RE, PE and Classics having trainee recruitment targets hiked up when overall teacher supply is improving? Tes speaks to experts to find out
Teacher supply gloomier forecasts

Thursday

5th Jun 2025

Gilruth told to act on violence before a teacher is killed
Education secretary asked if it will ‘take a teacher being murdered at work’ to see ‘real action to protect staff from violence and aggression in schools’
EIS AGM Gilruth violence