College to trial four-day week
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  • May 6, 2022
Exams 2022: Invigilator rules relaxed over shortage fears
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  • May 3, 2022
GCSEs 2022: Schools 'desperate' over exam invigilator shortage
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  • Apr 21, 2022
Difficult to fill early years vacancies says nursery group
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  • Apr 20, 2022
Covid: Ofsted highlights supply teacher and catch-up tutor shortage
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  • Apr 4, 2022
Heads double up classes to prioritise Year 11 as Covid cases surge
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  • Apr 1, 2022
The huge problems Wales’ schools are facing because of Covid
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  • Apr 1, 2022
Schools battle to stay open amid Covid surge
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Schools face 'unforgivable' wait for Covid plan
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  • Mar 30, 2022
Recruitment crisis sees nurseries downgraded by Ofsted or forced to close rooms
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  • Mar 30, 2022
Isle of Man: Hundred of pupils study at home due to staff sickness
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  • Mar 16, 2022
Hundreds of pupils in Cardiff and Merthyr told to work from home again
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  • Mar 16, 2022
Worst staffing crisis in two decades in England's colleges
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  • Mar 4, 2022
Workforce crisis shows colleges must invest in staff and increase pay
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  • Mar 4, 2022
Association of Colleges report on college staffing crisis
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  • Mar 4, 2022
College staffing crisis hits two-decade high, claims AoC
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  • Mar 4, 2022
My Covid lesson? Get back to the shop floor!
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  • Feb 8, 2022
Covid isn’t over for us, say exhausted teachers
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  • Feb 5, 2022
Settings in staffing crisis due to Covid-related absences
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  • Feb 1, 2022
Fears that schools will be unable to staff exam halls
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  • Jan 22, 2022
Covid Scotland: Teacher absences due to Covid are at their highest level since the start of the current school session
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  • Jan 15, 2022
‘It’s been awful’: teachers at English secondary schools on the first week back
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  • Jan 14, 2022
Coronavirus: More than 20 per cent of early years staff off work last week
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  • Jan 14, 2022
5-day Covid isolation 'doesn’t solve' school staff issues
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  • Jan 14, 2022
A new year brings yet more disruption to schools
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  • Jan 14, 2022
Schools fear closures amid Covid testing kit delays
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  • Jan 14, 2022
Over 5,000 Scottish school staff absent due to Covid
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  • Jan 14, 2022
Deprived state schools most impacted by Covid staff absences
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  • Jan 14, 2022
State schools have more teachers off with Covid than private schools, poll suggests
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  • Jan 14, 2022
Covid: University of Southampton 'facing shortage of invigilators'
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  • Jan 13, 2022
Scotland: Retired teachers recruiting scheme earned poor result
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  • Jan 13, 2022
Ministers spent less than £4k promoting ex-teacher drive to tackle Covid staff shortages
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  • Jan 12, 2022
Schools minister: 44,000 teachers off in first week of term is better than what Government expected
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  • Jan 12, 2022
Staff absence: Schools screaming for more financial support as Covid infections soar
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  • Jan 12, 2022
Retired teachers return in ‘exceptionally low’ numbers
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  • Jan 12, 2022
DfE ‘encouraging’ schools to use tutors and mentors to cover staff shortages
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  • Jan 12, 2022
Number of ex-teachers joining the school workforce: 2021 to 2022
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  • Jan 12, 2022
Government supporting schools and colleges to provide face-to-face learning for millions of children and young people
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  • Jan 12, 2022
DfE's 485 ex-teacher recruits 'unlikely to stop school closures'
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  • Jan 12, 2022
DfE says over 550 ex-teachers answer Covid call to arms
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  • Jan 12, 2022
DfE says over 550 ex-teachers answered Covid call to arms
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  • Jan 12, 2022
One in 12 teachers in England off work amid Omicron disruption
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  • Jan 12, 2022
Number of teachers signing up to cover Covid staff shortages ‘drop in the ocean’, warns union
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  • Jan 12, 2022
Around 500 former teachers sign up to tackle staff shortages in schools
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  • Jan 12, 2022
Teacher absence at new high despite Christmas ‘firebreak’
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  • Jan 12, 2022
Ministers accused of hiding "woeful" lack of ex-teachers returning to classrooms to fill Covid gaps
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  • Jan 11, 2022
School absences data: Staggering 1 in 12 teachers off due to Covid in first week
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  • Jan 11, 2022
Around 44,000 teachers were off when schools returned last week with one in 20 due to Covid
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  • Jan 11, 2022
Number of pupils and staff absent from England's schools rises after Christmas
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  • Jan 11, 2022
Schools struggle amid Covid as one in 12 teachers off
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  • Jan 11, 2022
Omicron: 1 in 25 staff off with Covid as absence rate doubles
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  • Jan 11, 2022
Early years settings told they can relax ratios as Covid deemed an 'exceptional circumstance'
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  • Jan 11, 2022
Schools: 315,000 pupils miss class in first week of term because of Covid, with 1 in 12 teachers off
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  • Jan 11, 2022
Headteachers round up ‘army’ of volunteers to help keep schools open
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  • Jan 11, 2022
School Covid isolation rules: Will isolation force schools to shut?
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  • Jan 10, 2022
Jonathan Gullis MP: Teaching return call 'not difficult'
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  • Jan 10, 2022
A quarter of teachers say Covid staff absences are having major impact on their schools
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  • Jan 10, 2022
Covid: Nearly 1 in 4 teachers says absence is having major impact
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  • Jan 10, 2022
Covid: Isle of Man face-to-face school lessons hit by staff shortages
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  • Jan 10, 2022
Staff absences caused by Covid-19 having serious impact on schools
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  • Jan 10, 2022
Nurseries in England hit by staff absences after soaring Covid cases
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  • Jan 10, 2022
Nadhim Zahawi admits planning for a quarter of school staff being off with Covid
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  • Jan 9, 2022
Zahawi: Teacher absences will see bumpy two weeks for schools as pupils return
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  • Jan 9, 2022
A headteacher’s diary: ‘First day back and we have 13 staff absent’
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  • Jan 8, 2022
Staffing critical as NI schools struggle to find substitute teachers
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  • Jan 8, 2022
Making a return from retirement a success
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  • Jan 8, 2022
Covid Scotland: Staff absence fears grow as schools reopen
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  • Jan 7, 2022
More schools face closing in days as a third struggle to find staff to cover sick teachers amid calls to cut isolation
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  • Jan 7, 2022
'Schools teetering on the edge' with staff Covid absences
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  • Jan 7, 2022
As a supply teacher, I wake up to countless requests for cover each day
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  • Jan 7, 2022
Schools sending home classes and year groups set to increase as teacher absences bite
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  • Jan 7, 2022
Schools in England ‘teetering on the edge’ with staff Covid absences
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  • Jan 7, 2022
Nicola Sturgeon told Covid rules risk teacher cases spike
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  • Jan 7, 2022
Schools 'teetering on the edge' over Covid absence
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  • Jan 7, 2022
Omicron battle looms as pupils return to schools
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  • Jan 7, 2022
More than third of heads report staff absence levels of over 10%, poll suggests
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  • Jan 7, 2022
Schools 'teetering on the edge' as over a third of heads report 10% staff absence
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  • Jan 7, 2022
Schools in England ‘teetering on edge’ from Covid-related absences
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  • Jan 7, 2022
Scottish pupils move to online learning as teachers isolate with Covid
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  • Jan 7, 2022
Parents accuse unions of throwing a 'pandemic straitjacket' around schools
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  • Jan 6, 2022
Kids aged 5 to 11 could get Covid vaccines in weeks in desperate bid to stop school chaos
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  • Jan 6, 2022
What councils are saying about schools, after school clubs, breakfast clubs and staff absences in Wales
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  • Jan 6, 2022
Ofsted advises schools and nurseries hit by staff shortages to apply to defer inspections
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  • Jan 6, 2022
Teachers should not be asked to teach merged classes to keep schools open amid staff shortages, unions argue
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  • Jan 5, 2022
Schools: Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi admits that teacher absences are set to get worse
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  • Jan 5, 2022
Staff absences likely to rise in schools this term, Education Secretary admits
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  • Jan 5, 2022
Teachers feeling the strain of Covid staff absences are sceptical about volunteer scheme
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  • Jan 5, 2022
Teachers asked to work in care sector because of Covid staff shortages
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  • Jan 5, 2022
Unions challenge schools asking staff to teach merged classes amid shortages
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  • Jan 5, 2022
Schools forced to close as Covid causes shortage of teachers
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  • Jan 5, 2022
Omicron surge sparks concerns over children’s workforce shortage
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  • Jan 5, 2022
Staff absence: Schools on Omicron alert as term begins
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  • Jan 5, 2022
Schools may be forced to suspend key lessons amid Pingdemic staffing crisis as hundreds of pupils already sent home
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  • Jan 5, 2022
Back to class mayhem: Schools close or tell entire year groups to study remotely
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  • Jan 5, 2022
Covid: Schools face 'perfect storm' with teacher shortages
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  • Jan 5, 2022
School closure warning: Pupils face being sent home in weeks as staffing crisis rocks UK
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  • Jan 5, 2022
Covid in Scotland: Crisis fear over teacher absences and lack of supply
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  • Jan 5, 2022
Covid in Scotland: Staff illness means pupils can’t go back to classroom
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  • Jan 5, 2022
Schools face staff crisis and test chaos as delays for Covid screening hit the start of term
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  • Jan 4, 2022
Covid in Wales: School staff absences expected to cause 'significant disruption'
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  • Jan 4, 2022
Downing Street dunces are failing our kids with chaotic response to Covid
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  • Jan 4, 2022
England’s schools braced for more Covid disruption as term begins
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  • Jan 4, 2022
School staff shortages could worsen in new term and cause learning disruption
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  • Jan 4, 2022
Retired teachers will be called up to help keep schools open amid Covid staffing crisis
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  • Jan 4, 2022
Schools brace for Covid surge as unions warn of looming staffing shortages
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  • Jan 4, 2022
School forced to send entire year home because too many staff have Covid
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  • Jan 4, 2022
Back to school: Headteachers report staff absence levels of 10% as schools reopen
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  • Jan 4, 2022
Covid chaos in schools on first day back as Head warns staff 'off sick' may force classes to combine
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  • Jan 4, 2022
Schools in England may suspend certain subjects to cope with Covid
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  • Jan 4, 2022
Parents told to collect children within an hour of dropping them off at school
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  • Jan 4, 2022
Schoolkids could be sent home within weeks due to pingdemic – as Boris faces pressure to slash isolation to 5 days
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  • Jan 4, 2022
Schools may need to suspend specialist subjects to cope with staff sickness, Ofqual warns
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  • Jan 4, 2022
Children face return to online lessons in Scotland as Omicron increases teacher absences
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  • Jan 4, 2022
School closes entire year group with just one day’s notice as parents forced to teach children at home
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  • Jan 4, 2022
Omicron: Will schools stay open this term?
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  • Jan 4, 2022
Children to be turned away from school and commuters face back-to-work nightmare
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  • Jan 4, 2022
Are schools closing again? How likely UK schools are to close in January 2022 if Covid cases keep rising
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  • Jan 4, 2022
Letters: Ofsted inspectors could ease the school staffing crisis
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  • Jan 3, 2022
School disruption ‘inevitable’ as Covid staff shortages and concerns over supply of tests hit education
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  • Jan 3, 2022
Early years settings warn of an impending 'crisis' as Covid worsens staff shortages
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  • Dec 17, 2021
Retired teachers should step up and keep schools open, MP says
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  • Dec 15, 2021
School apologises for ‘awful’ Xmas lunch after suffering Covid staff shortages
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  • Dec 15, 2021
Corby schoolchildren sent home due to staff shortages linked to Covid
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  • Dec 9, 2021
Entire year group at Maesteg Comprehensive sent home over covid related staff shortages
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  • Dec 8, 2021
Severe’ early years workforce shortage sparks childcare crisis, EYA data shows
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  • Dec 3, 2021
Government must act to tackle early years staffing crisis
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  • Dec 2, 2021
Early years staffing shortages reach ‘crisis point’ new survey by Early Years Alliance shows
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  • Dec 2, 2021
Survey highlights 'sector-wide' early years workforce crisis
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  • Dec 2, 2021
Covid: Pupils told to stay at home amid staff shortages
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  • Dec 1, 2021
School catering staff shortage crisis hitting Welsh schools with one council advertising 50 jobs
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  • Nov 29, 2021
Schools are struggling because so many staff are off for Covid-related reasons, warn headteachers
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  • Sep 14, 2021
Nurseries in England feeling the pressure as ‘pingdemic’ hits children and staff
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  • Aug 1, 2021
Parents 'will be turned away' due to Level 3 staffing crisis
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  • May 4, 2021
Schools face staffing crisis as one in three consider quitting over Covid pressures
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  • Apr 6, 2021
Covid: Heads face fivefold increase in teaching time
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  • Nov 16, 2020
Invigilator shortage threat to 2021 GCSEs
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  • Nov 11, 2020
Job shortages: teaching assistants top the list
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  • Nov 11, 2020
Some schools are facing shutting their doors because of staff shortages in the second lockdown
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  • Nov 6, 2020
Coronavirus tests: Nurseries hit by staff shortage as workers struggle to access testing
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  • Sep 16, 2020
Nursery workers struggle to get Covid-19 tests leaves settings with staff shortages
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  • Sep 15, 2020
Next NHS staff shortages will include radiographers, as courses close
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  • Dec 10, 2019
Staffing crisis fears as teachers miss more days due to stress
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  • Oct 13, 2018
Early years workforce 'will get less well qualified'
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  • Sep 18, 2018
SNP council warns childcare ‘revolution’ in doubt over staff shortfall
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  • Aug 1, 2018
Scotland: Meeting childcare pledge will be hard, council warns
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  • Aug 1, 2018
New year, new opportunities?
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  • Jan 17, 2018
Youth prisons blighted by staff shortages and lack of support, say inspectors
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  • Nov 22, 2017