The government’s woeful teacher recruitment numbers are set to fall even further this year, new research suggests, with ministers on track to miss targets by the widest mark since at least 2008.
The National Foundation for Educational Research’s (NFER) annual labour market report also shows vacancies are nearly twice as high as before the pandemic.
It predicts ministers will fall short of their target for primary teachers this year by more than 20 per cent.
Half of secondary subjects are also on course for a shortfall of 20 per cent or more in 2023-24.
