I have read many articles over recent years about teacher shortages in secondary education. Recruiting teachers in certain subjects has become very challenging and I have experienced the disappointment of an application deadline closing only to find a handful of submissions – sometimes none at all.
Maths and physics seem to be the areas where it is hardest to recruit, but I am sure that many of you reading this could add a number of other subjects where you have experienced difficulties in recruiting as well.
We also appear to have record numbers of teachers leaving the profession. I remember Sir Michael Wilshaw warning last year that two-fifths of teachers are quitting the profession within their first five years of qualifying.
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