The Westminster government should write off student debt for teachers in state schools to help address growing staffing problems in English schools, according to a representative university body.
Recent figures revealed that just half of the number of trainee secondary school teachers needed had been recruited, with universities particularly affected by a “catastrophic” fall.
GuildHE, a representative body for universities, university colleges and specialist institutions, says that without government action the teacher supply “crisis” will worsen.
The organisation has produced a teacher education manifesto, in association with university providers of teacher education across the sector, with a series of proposals to tackle the problem.
