In order to cope with a projected explosion in pupil numbers at secondary level, we’re going to need 47,000 extra secondary teachers.
Recruitment for this year is down by 19% on last year, where recruitment targets were already missed, so it’s looking unlikely that this will be met.
Measures the DfE have taken to address this crisis:
Scrapping the limit on the number of times you can take the QTS skills test
Telling teacher trainers to lower their standards and stop turning away unsuitable applicants
Offering £40,000 bursaries for ex military to train to teach
Workload challenge posters
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Measures the DfE have taken to cause this crisis:
Total revamp of the curriculum and exam structure in a ridiculously short timeframe
8 years of pay cuts
Michael Gove
Performance-related pay
Slating us in the media
Denying that there’s even an issue
Crapper pensions that we won’t be able to claim anyway until we’re already dead
School budget cuts leading to redundancies, larger class sizes, not enough resources, experienced and expensive teachers being managed out
Cuts to mental health and SEN provision putting greater burden on teachers
Trying to force all schools to become an academy and the rise of chains like Harris
www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-news/exclusive-england-needs-47000-extra-secondary-teachers
Just you see, by 2024 the one remaining maths teacher will be teaching all the students in the country via Skype. Marking will be done by randoms recruited on Fiverr. All exams will be multiple choice so they can be machine-marked. Ex-teachers will make a fortune charging £50 per hour for private tuition.