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Brexit's impact on teacher recruitment

Brexit could have notable implications for secondary school recruitment, warns David Kershaw

Since the historic vote on June 23, Brexit has managed to get the blame for everything from Marmite shortages to a semi-collapse of the pound. Education, like every other industry, has been trying to figure out just what a “hard” Brexit or “multi-coloured” Brexit may mean.

Most of the focus has been around the affects Brexit will have on universities, in relation to student populations and funding, but if you thought your local secondary school was free from the mess of triggering Article 50, you might just want to think again. School leaders would probably have been bracing themselves for an immediate delay on the National Funding Formula, but like a light on the front of a channel tunnel train, there may be a bigger problem heading straight for us.

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