Schools are increasingly struggling to recruit teaching staff amid a huge increase in vacancies, new research shows.
The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) said there are almost 40,000 job vacancies in nursery, primary and secondary schools – a double-digit percentage rise over the past few weeks.
The number of job adverts has increased to 1.4 million after a rise of 205,000 earlier this month, the REC said.
There are notable increases in adverts for jobs in the education and construction sectors such as teachers, plasterers and scaffolders, as well as in the clergy.
REC boss Neil Carberry said: “This new job ads data shows stability in employer demand for staff. The labour market is not surging, as it did for much of 2022, but it remains a good time to be looking for a job. Firms still need to hire and there are plenty of opportunities out there.
