Sentences with phrase «national teacher vacancies»
The government is considering setting up a national teacher vacancies website in response to complaints by schools over the cost of recruitment and job advertising, Nicky Morgan has revealed.
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Currently, the Department for Education (DfE) monitors the national teacher vacancy rate, but does not consider the fact that schools often compensate to cover gaps and place teachers in front of classes.
The government hopes to launch a trial of its new national teacher vacancy service early next year, a senior official has said.
A trial of the government's new national teacher vacancy service is planned for this spring.
The DfE monitors the national teacher vacancy rate, but this does not take into account the fact that schools do everything they can to cover any gaps and put teachers in front of classes.
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London and the two regions closest to the capital, the South East (5.29) and East of England (5.91), all had vacancy rates per school above the national average for England as a whole, with schools across London averaging more than 6.5 advertisements per schools for main scale teachers during the period between January and the end of July 2015.
79 per cent of schools leaders who have advertised vacancies are facing recruitment problems, according to new research from the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT).
A recent report by the National Audit Office, which prompted this week's Public Accounts Committee hearing, also showed a nine-fold increase in teacher vacancies between 2011 and 2014.
Last year, the National Audit Office warned that difficulties in filling vacancies are adding to the pressure on school budgets, as schools «have to pay a premium for agency and supply teachers».
The National Education Union will discuss proposals for a union - run supply teacher vacancy service after members demanded action on agencies that make exorbitant charges on schools but pay...
With an increasing share of teachers leaving the classroom, schools face the challenge of filling more vacancies — the difficulty of which is compounded by national trends of lower enrollment in teacher preparation programs.53