Behind the RE Teacher Recruitment Crisis
Dr Heather Marshall (Edge Hill University),
Beyond the headlines about teachers’ strikes, there is a serious crisis brewing around recruitment of teachers through the initial teacher training (ITT) scheme. Despite the DfE’s targets for ITT trainees, numbers have fallen short According to UCAS data, the 2021/22 academic year had a 36% shortfall of the target of 32,600 trainees, a 10% increase from the previous year. Despite the offer of a starting salary of £30,000, it is unlikely to boost ITT applications for the upcoming September intake.
The full text of the blog can be accessed here: Behind the RE Teacher Recruitment Crisis - Culham St Gabriel's (cstg.org.uk)