For many teachers and schools, the recurring news that government training targets have been missed (now for the fifth year in a row) and vacant teaching posts are continuing to rise year-on-year will come as no surprise.
Schools have been performing admirably against staffing and budget constraints for several years. With the teaching workforce failing to increase at the required rate – 9.9 per cent of teachers left the profession last year – and spending per pupil being cut in real terms, schools need to address on an individual basis why their experienced and quality teachers are choosing to leave the profession, and what innovations they can embrace to attract new teaching talent.
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