In an exclusive story Schools Week revealed that a “key report from the body which recommends teachers’ pay will not be published until after the EU referendum, despite having been sent to government almost a month ago.” What a great excuse for a bit of speculation; has the one percent ceiling for teacher pay been breached or is the report damning about teacher supply? Fat chance of the first; it’s the latter for me. Continue reading
The month of May is by far and away the longest of the year; the whole month is an endless sea of recruitment and retention worry, disaster and euphoria that just goes on and on. The first time I really noticed this was in 2001; ask any head teacher or secondary school timetable and they will confirm my assertion.
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Wednesday gave me some empathy with how Daniel must have felt when he was thrown into the Lion’s Den. The Diocese only has one Academy Trust, us, and everyone else is pretty happy with their local authority maintained lot. Continue reading