The latest official data has revealed a five per cent increase in 2016/17 in the number of teachers being signed off work because of workload pressures and mental health issues.
The figures, a response to a mass Freedom of Information request submitted by the Liberal Democrats, were published in the Guardian earlier this month (‘Epidemic of stress’ blamed for 3,750 teachers on long-term sick leave, Guardian, January 2018).
They came out just a few days after UCAS figures pointed separately to a major decline in teacher training applications compared with just a year ago.
Recruitment figures for the 2018/19 intake up to Christmas appeared to have fallen by a third on the previous December (to 6,510).
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