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Teacher recruitment and retention – what happens when we run out of teachers?
Today NFER published its Teacher Labour Market in England Annual Report 2024. It is not an encouraging read. Recruitment remains insufficient to maintain current staffing levels, achieving just 61% of target for secondary. The usually robust Primary sector is forecast to reach only 83% of target. At the same time, the number of teachers considering…
News & Events
CfEY’s Head of Policy comments on the challenges of primary school exclusions on BBC 5Live
CfEY’s Head of Policy, Baz Ramaiah, joined Nihal Arthanayake on BBC 5Live to discuss new research highlighting the large percentage of young people who are permanently excluded from primary school who go on to achieve no GCSE qualifications. Baz made the case that funding and resourcing challenges for schools make permanent exclusion more likely and…
Report
Rethinking Leadership: What else? What next? What if?
The development of school leaders is critical to the current and future success of our highly devolved school system. We have come a long way in England, but a significant gap remains between current provision and what is needed for leadership development. While NPQ reforms are a positive step forward, leaders need a more holistic…