Londoners are turning their backs on teaching and flocking to better paid jobs in the city, education experts have warned.
Schools in the capital are already struggling to recruit enough staff, and now the number of new trainees from London in the pipeline has dropped dramatically.
School leaders warned the situation has reached “a new low” with “disastrous” figures for recruitment to teacher training courses.
A combination of better paid jobs available in the capital and the high cost of living is putting Londoners off teaching, they said.
Data shows the number of Londoners applying for teacher training through three main pathways have dropped significantly.
