Teacher recruitment this year is being propped up by a huge rise in applications from outside of the United Kingdom, new analysis suggests.
Sam Freedman, a former advisor to the Department for Education, said it shows the teaching profession is “shifting towards becoming increasingly dependent on immigration, just as has happened with healthcare. And, just as with healthcare, it is a function of pay being held down.”
Analysis shows recruitment figures this year are similar to last year, which was one of the worst on record with just half of the required secondary trainees recruited.
Overall, the proportion of primary recruits was 11 per cent lower compared to the same time last year, while secondary was 13 per cent up.
