Recruitment

The Protocol Group, a specialist in recruitment solutions for the further education sector, has launched AMPLIFY, a service designed to support colleges in overcoming the current challenges of recruiting teachers and other staff. AMPLIFY places dedicated recruitment experts directly within colleges, providing tailored support to help institutions improve their hiring …

Kelvinside Academy has appointed the first-ever director of innovation to its Senior Leadership Team amongst a trio of senior appointments as it moves to be the nation’s leading school for developing aspiring entrepreneurs. The school, based in Glasgow’s west end, is one of the first in the UK to create …

Nearly three-quarters (73%) of UK teachers are considering leaving the profession due to financial strain, according to a new survey by Discounts for Teachers and Pluxee UK. The findings paint a concerning picture of the current state of education, potentially leading to a future teacher shortage crisis. This is combined …

Once the heroes of the pandemic, the teaching profession, is once again finding itself under enormous pressure, according to one leading figure in North East education. Professor Lynne McKenna, Dean of the Faculty of Education and Society at the University of Sunderland (pictured left), has expressed serious concern about the …

Commenting on the recent release of government data about school leadership roles, NAHT’s Head of Policy Valentine Mulholland said: “These statistics confirm what our members have been reporting for some time – that school leaders are walking away from the profession or taking a demotion in large numbers. Nearly a …

The National Foundation for Educational Research yesterday released a new report comparing recruitment and retention figures for teaching, nursing and the police. The report finds that teachers work the joint highest number of hours annually and have the joint lowest average hourly pay of all three professions. And despite finding …

Commenting on the announcement that the National Teaching Service will be scrapped, Russell Hobby, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) says: “NAHT welcomed the pilot scheme when it was created. The idea of helping to get the right people into schools that need them the most …

Education specialists Pearson are currently recruiting for a variety of Assessment roles for BTEC in all sectors during 2014/15 (including roles in the medium of Welsh). Part time Regional/Online Closing date 31/10/14 Through becoming an Assessment Associate, you will gain a greater understanding of the range of abilities and differing approaches of …

Senior teachers say succession planning is now more important to schools than it was in 2009, according to the latest research from Randstad Education, the specialist recruiter.  In a poll of senior teachers undertaken by Randstad Education, 43 per cent of respondents said succession planning was now more important than …