Research by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) found that just 11 per cent of managers in the education sector consider their organisation well-prepared to cope with an ageing workforce, despite the impending abolition of the default retirement age of 65, and the fact that a third of the population will be over 50 by 2020.
More than a third of respondents to the study, including those working in nurseries and schools, said they felt that recognition of ageing workforce issues is non-existent within their setting, with a lack of supportive policies in place and inadequate training or support for staff managing older workers.
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