Sentences with phrase «on supply teacher agencies»

The National Union of Teachers says schools in England spent # 733m last year on supply teacher agencies.

Schools in England spent # 733 million on supply teacher agencies in 2014 due to teacher shortages, according to the National Union of Teachers (NUT).

In October, the National Union of Teachers claimed shortages meant schools in England spent # 733m last year on supply teacher agency services.

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Chris Keates: «Millions of agency workers, including supply teachers, will welcome today's commitment from Ed Milliband to get tough on unscrupulous agencies».

Commenting on Ed Milliband's announcement that a Labour Government will crack down on the exploitation of workers by agencies, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «Millions of agency workers, including supply teachers, will welcome today's commitment from Ed Milliband to get tough on unscrupulous agencies.

find agencies in their area both by postcode or by name; rate agencies using a simple star rating system on levels of pay, quality of training, ease of finding work and support received; write reviews, explaining their experiences, both good and bad, of the agency, or agencies, they have used; read reviews written by other supply teachers, including viewing their star rating and seeing the average levels of pay that are offered; add new supply agencies as and when they open; and participate in regular polls, highlighting the key issues that affect supply teachers.

«It will be a powerful tool to enable supply teachers to influence the market, shining a spotlight not only on the poor practices of bad agencies but also highlighting those agencies that treat their teachers well.

Conference denounces the use by some companies and agencies of zero - hour contracts, which impact detrimentally on the lives of supply teachers and their families.

Mr Osborne also said that he would consult on the use of umbrella companies that employed agency workers, such as supply teachers, a move welcomed by the NASUWT.

I am not able to pick and choose my own staff at interview, because there are no interviews, so I am reliant on agencies to supply teachers of a reasonable quality.

There are no winners here apart from teaching supply agencies who have been cashing in on the teacher shortage by charging schools introductory fee payments up to 20 % of a teacher's salary.

Russell Hobby, leader of the National Association of Head Teachers, said: «Heads are increasingly forced to rely on supply agencies because they can't find permanent staff in time.

The costs are eating into school budgets, with 74 per cent saying they had spent between one and five per cent of their budget on agency supply teachers over the past year.

Schools must pay a «finders fee» if they want to take on an agency supply teacher as a full - time member of staff.

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».

Last year, the government announced plans to create a national pool of «trusted» supply teacher agencies in a bid to help schools cut down on spiralling agency bills.

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...

Last month, school leaders» union ASCL demanded greater regulation of teacher recruitment agencies, after heads warned their spending on supply teachers had increased.

Seventy - one per cent of headteachers said they had increased the amount spent on agency supply teachers in the past three years, with 53 per cent citing difficulties recruiting permanent teachers as a factor and 54 per cent blaming increased agency fees.

The school leaders» union ASCL is calling for government regulation of teacher recruitment agencies after nearly three quarters of secondary school heads said they increased spending on supply teachers in the past three years.

The ATL motion approved today calls on the union's leadership to lobby the government to restore and fund local authority supply lists — platforms run by councils that allow supply teachers to find vacancies without using a costly agency.

«Schools are having to spend an enormous amount of money on recruitment, partly because the teacher supply agencies will seek to start a negotiation saying «we want 20 per cent of the teacher's salary for them to come and work with you».»

An enthusiastic performer and musician, after finishing his degree in Drama, Benjamin went on to complete a PGCE and is a qualified primary school teacher, currently working for a variety of agencies on supply.