The ‘alarming’ data is evidence of the recruitment and retention crisis facing state schools, a union said.
The data, which only looks at state schools in England, showed the school workforce has increased by around 300 teachers to 468,700
The number of temporarily filled classroom teacher posts also increased over the same period, from 1,800 in November 2020 to 3,400 in November 2023. “This, combined with changes in working patterns and an increase in unqualified teachers, resulted in a marginal increase to the number of teachers in England.”
He added: “Teachers are the education system’s most precious resource and the next government cannot afford to be so complacent. “We have 18,000 more pupils in our schools this year, but the number of new teachers has fallen by almost 4,000, and nearly as many are leaving the profession as are starting out in it.
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