Research into the supply of school leaders shows that even now there is a shortfall of up to 3,000 leaders, with those currently in-post being over-stretched to fill the deficit.
The School Leadership Challenge 2022 – a joint publication by the education charities Teach First, Teaching Leaders and Future Leaders – warns that unless action is taken this deficit will only get worse.
Its analysis of workforce statistics and trends as well as the likely growth in student numbers shows that 8,000 new leaders will be needed by 2022 simply because of retirement or those leaving the profession early.
A further 8,000 school leaders will be needed to meet the growth in leadership positions caused by the increasing number of heads who have taken up executive headships or CEO posts in academy trusts.
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