The government has quietly abandoned three policies from its teacher retention and recruitment strategy in a “disappointing” blow amid growing shortages in the sector.
A “match.com-style” website to pair up teachers looking for job shares and an Ofsted hotline to report workload inspection breaches were never set up after being outlined in the 2019 plans.
Schools Week has also established that a pilot scheme offering experienced teachers paid sabbaticals was dropped.
A major study last month to inform a potential Labour government’s education manifesto proposed the gradual introduction of teacher sabbaticals for every five years of service.
