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Teacher vacancies are 93% higher now than in the year before the pandemic.
Government is forecast to recruit only 79% of the primary teachers it needs this year.
Government is predicted to recruit only 58% of the secondary teachers it needs this year.
Government looks set to miss recruitment targets in: physics, computing, design & technology, business studies, MFL, religious education, music, drama and art and design. Other subjects such as mathematics, English, chemistry and geography are also at risk of under-recruiting.
By 2021/22, real earnings growth since 2010/11 was 11% lower for teachers than for similar graduates.
The gap in real earnings growth between teachers – particularly more experienced teachers – and similar graduates has widened significantly since the pandemic.
In 2021/22, teachers worked on average 4.5 hours per week more than similar graduates.
“Falling retention rates and historically low teacher recruitment figures point to the deteriorating competitiveness of teaching compared to other occupations, in both pay and working conditions, which requires urgent policy action across the sector to address.”
“Teacher pay has deteriorated in real terms since 2010/11 and has lost competitiveness compared to average earnings and similar graduates.”
“Narrowing the gap between teacher pay and the wider labour market is key to supporting recruitment and retention.”
“The Government should develop a long-term strategy for improving the competitiveness of teacher pay relative to other occupations, while ensuring schools have sufficient funding to enact these pay increases without making cuts elsewhere.”
This twitter thread is composed of quotes not from the NEU but from the National Foundation For Education Resaerch (NFER).
Government has to act.
#SaveOurSchools
Government has to act.
#SaveOurSchools
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