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Where are all the teachers?

By Michael Lemin, Policy and Research Manager, Tuesday 12 January 2016

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Labour came out swinging early in the new year with a press release on teacher recruitment, pointing to what they see as “the Government’s failure on this extremely basic issue.” Shadow Education Secretary Lucy Powell seems to be stepping up the rhetoric at a time when the government seems determined that there is no crisis. Schools Minister Nick Gibb said in December that “the profession is in very good shape” and accused those who use the word ‘crisis’ of “talking down the profession.” This is the latest in a long running battle of words on the issue. The government seems determined that there is no crisis, and claims that “the number and quality of teachers in our classrooms is at an all-time high”. Labour points out that the government has changed the way it presents figures in the initial teacher training census, taking out figures from undergraduates and adding those who come through Teach First. This makes it difficult to compare against data from previous years, and to understand whether enough teachers are being recruited.

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85% of FE educators consider quitting

By , Tuesday 12 January 2016

The teacher recruitment crisis in schools has featured prominently in education headlines recently, but another study has revealed that 85% of Further Education (FE) employees have considered quitting their job due to an unmanageable workload. The study, carried out by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), revealed that schoolteachers aren’t the only educators to feel heavy pressure, but that this extends to their FE colleagues. The survey was carried out by ATL as part of its ‘It’s About Time’ campaign, dedicated to helping educators finding a work-life balance.

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Teachers work longest hours of most professions

By , Wednesday 18 November 2015

New research has shown that teachers work more unpaid overtime, and suffer more workload-based stress than any other profession. The Trade Union Congress (TUC) found that in secondary schools, 57.5% of teaching staff worked unpaid overtime, averaging 12.5 hours per week. The figures are similar for primary school teachers, as 61.4% worked overtime for an average of 12.9 hours a week.

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Teachers to face a rise in working hours

By Lindsay Plumpton, Communications Leader, Thursday 20 June 2013

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Michael Gove has proposed an increase in working hours for teachers, suggesting that limits of 1,265 hours a year should be scrapped. The department has made a submission to the School Teachers’ Review Body, which it must consult before changing pay and conditions. The reaction from the union has been one of outrage, suggesting that the Education Secretary is destroying teaching as an “attractive profession” and “adding fuel to the fire of anger that already exists among teachers.”

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