Workforce

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

Rate of successful applicants for part-time teacher training far outweighs the number starting the course, data reveals

School leaders’ union says job has never been harder, and warns of need for more flexibility

Pay and recruitment issues persist in early years workforce despite funding boosts, warns a new NFER report

Three academics outline key insights from their research looking at how Australia, Sweden, the US and the UK are trying to tackle a teacher shortages

Budget cuts, staff shortages, lack of support for ASN students – as well as ‘harassment from parents’ – are leaving heads at risk of burnout, finds School Leaders Scotland

Too often new teachers suffer unfair pressures in their first year, says Nuzhat Uthmani, who recommends ways schools can better support them