Furthermore, six out of every 10 posts are proving “a struggle” to fill with school leaders blaming the problems on the number of teachers who are leaving the profession.
In annual recruitment research carried out by the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), school leaders have reported a problem recruiting across all roles – from teachers to senior leaders.
The NAHT says that the recruitment crisis has now been on-going for three years and it is once again calling for government action.
The latest findings, based on the recruitment experiences of more than 1,000 headteachers between September 2015 and 2016, show that 79 per cent of all vacant posts were classified as “difficult” to fill – with almost two in 10 (17 per cent) going unfilled and six in 10 (62 per cent) proving “a struggle” to fill.
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