DfE reports falling teacher numbers
Employment in the education sector is expected to continue to fall for at least the next two years according to The Working Futures 2017-2027 report.
The report suggests falls of 0.3% annually which is equivalent to around 13,000 teachers leaving each year. This is compared to the 9,000 more teachers the DfE claimed it would need to recruit by 2025 to deal with rising pupil numbers in secondary schools.
This comes after last week’s statement from the Education Secretary at the Schools North East Academies Conference, that ‘in many schools one of the big problems school leaders face, particularly here in the North East, is that they do not have enough teachers, especially in certain subjects.’
Mr Williamson went on to mention some of the recruitment and retention strategies for the region such as piloting the Early Career Framework, as well as incentives for STEM teachers.
Support for teachers at every level of the profession is recommendation #8 of the Manifesto for North East Education. Schools North East will continue to call on policymakers and politicians to appropriately support recruitment and retention in the region.