Ofsted has published its annual report on the state of education and social care for the last academic year – the first full year of inspections since the pandemic.
Amanda Spielman, His Majesty’s Chief Inspector, has warned that recruitment and staffing problems are rife across the whole education and care system, from early years to colleges and independent training providers. “Fewer college staff can result in larger class sizes of mixed abilities, making it difficult to pitch training at the right level,” the report states.
Low salaries and “staff reconsidering their careers after the pandemic” are to blame to staffing shortages in providers, according to the report.
