Will teaching become a more attractive profession under new government plans?
Analysis: As the education secretary announces a fresh recruitment and retention strategy, Eleanor Busby explores how much of a difference it will make to schools
Teachers who work “too many hours” are set to be offered extra financial incentives and a matchmaking-style service for job shares in a bid to stop large numbers from leaving the profession.
These are just some of the plans announced by the education secretary, Damian Hinds, as part of a government strategy to tackle teachers’ workload and shortages in personnel.
Hinds isn’t the first education minister to highlight the importance of improving teachers’ work-life balance – and it is likely he will not be the last.
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