Delegates attending the annual conference of the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), which took place in Telford over the bank holiday weekend, debated the acute lack of leaders coming forward and the high numbers taking early retirement and leaving the profession.
Among the measures they want to see is the restoration of differentials between different pay grades, the reintroduction of national pay scales, and a form of key worker status for teachers – particularly in high cost-of-living areas.
They also voted overwhelmingly to press the government to develop a fully funded induction and mentoring programme for new headteachers.
Speaking in the debate, Patrick Foley, a London headteacher, told delegates that school leaders had experienced “year after year” of pay cuts, which had led to a recruitment and retention crisis and a “crisis of wellbeing among our members”.
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