Vacancies for some school leadership posts have shot up by as much as 85 per cent in the past three years, further fuelling fears of a post-Covid retention crisis.
Analysis of job adverts by TeachVac shows secondary assistant head vacancies increased from 451 in the first four months of 2019 to 835 over the same period this year.
The data, due to be published today in a new report by the Universities of Nottingham and Oxford and shared exclusively with Schools Week, also shows secondary deputy head vacancies increased by 62 per cent over the same period, from 344 to 558.
But it’s not just leadership vacancies that are on the rise. New analysis also suggests more teaching roles have been advertised so far this year than in any of the last four calendar years.
