Tackling education staff shortages can’t be a “one-solution fits all”
In this article, Simon discusses how the focus for schools and trusts shouldn’t be on a one-solution fits all approach to the staffing crisis. Instead,…
Teacher Shortage
Labour’s plan for world-class teachers to reduce agency payments as schools pay recruiters £8 billion to find new teachers since 2010
Labour has pledged to save taxpayers billions of pounds paid by schools each year to teacher recruitment agencies through its new plan to embed “world-class…
Bradford College Celebrates Ofsted ‘Good’ for Teacher Training
Teacher training provision at Bradford College has been awarded a ‘Good’ rating after a recent Ofsted inspection. The latest report awarded all areas of Primary,…
How Coaching Could Play a Bigger Role in Teaching
It goes without saying (though it’s worth repeating) the challenges of teaching are growing and having an enormous impact on the lives of FE teachers.…
Undervalued Assets
Ian Pryce discusses how data shows that colleges in the education sector are often overlooked and compared unfairly to schools and universities and how closing…
Post-16 maths and the solution that already exists
There’s already an answer to the challenge of how to continue maths for Post-16s. Core Maths was introduced in 2017 and is a well-regarded but…
Tech Solutions for Teaching Shortage
Teachers are tired, burned out and quitting. According to a survey of teachers done by classroom learning management system Kami, half of all teachers are…