Opening the laptop this morning to catch up on the latest edu news it’s yet more grim reading. BBC reports Trainee teachers are being deterred from entering the profession while schools are also likely to spread the supply teacher search abroad. The impending teacher shortage in the coming years is becoming as familiar as the ‘Winter is Coming’ warning in Game of Thrones, but just like the Kings and Queens of Westeros, little is being undertaken to prepare for this monumental challenge. The run up to the election seems to offer little salvation with everyone is pledging promises to fix everything but the most important. Pledging more money to schools, reducing class sizes, building new schools and retesting SATs may in one way or another sound enticing, but if there’s not enough teachers to support this then they’re likely to have minimal impact.
Tags: Strategy