Teacher recruitment in schools in ‘critical position’ despite autumn pay rise
Teacher recruitment and retention in England remains in a “critical position” despite a pay rise to school staff in the autumn, analysis has suggested.
The Government should adopt a long-term strategy towards pay to address the teacher supply crisis, according to a report by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER).
The analysis, commissioned by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, suggests that increasing teacher pay at a faster rate than in the wider labour market could help to reach teacher recruitment targets in more subjects.
It says schools would need “considerable
