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
17th Apr 2026
NEU members willing to take industrial action over pay and funding
Overwhelming majority of teacher members who voted in indicative ballot reject three-year pay recommendation and indicate support for taking action, but turnout was less than 50 per cent
Gareth Conyard: DfE plan for teacher-training entitlement is ‘disingenuous’
In an exclusive interview, the chief executive of the Teacher Development Trust questions the government’s plan for a new teacher-training entitlement and its decision to fund only three years of SEND training
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Thursday
16th Apr 2026
Secondary teacher job adverts at ‘lowest level in 9 years’
Falling pupil rolls and a weak UK labour market are contributing to lower vacancies, annual Teacher Tapp and SchoolDash report finds
DfE warned over ‘chronic shortage’ of educational psychologists
The worst-affected area has only one educational psychologist for every 9,400 pupils, with shortages putting the DfE’s inclusion plans at risk, EPI warns
Thursday
2nd Apr 2026
NEU boss warns of national industrial action to ‘save education’
The leader of England’s biggest teaching union threatens industrial action if the government does not provide ‘the funding our schools need’
Three-quarters of teachers now using AI in daily work
But half of teachers say their school still has no policy on AI use – and secondary staff are worried about the effect of the tech on students’ critical thinking
Thursday
26th Mar 2026
Why we must sell the ambition of a teaching career
We don’t just need more teachers – we need people to think differently about teaching as a job, writes one trust leader who switched careers to join the profession
How DfE can meet 6,500 teacher target without ‘missing the point’
Hitting the target is one thing, but the government must also ensure that the right teachers are brought into the system, says the NFER’s Jack Worth