Teacher recruitment is on track to improve on last year’s dire numbers, but still fall “far below target” amid sluggish pay growth and increasing workload, research suggests.
The National Foundation for Educational Research’s (NFER) annual labour market report concluded the recruitment and retention crisis showed “no signs of abating”, with teacher supply in a “critical state”.
It predicted secondary recruitment will improve, but still miss its target by about 40 per cent, with 10 out of 17 secondary subjects likely to have shortfalls. Last year, the target was missed by 50 per cent.
Primary recruitment is forecast to be about 17 per cent below target, far worse than the 4 per cent seen last year.
