Teachers and intolerable working conditions

The motion states the growing staff shortage is partly "fuelled by the double whammy of record numbers of teachers leaving", sometimes due to stress, and lower numbers of people looking to get into the profession.
It also cites rising pupil numbers and reduced funding as contributing to teachers' burgeoning workload.
Members will be asked to consider whether to "campaign vigorously" using all available means to warn that unless the workload issue is resolved, "education in Britain will face a crisis in the years ahead".
Last month the Government's official spending watchdog found key teacher recruitment targets had been missed.



The National Audit Office found teacher shortages were growing, particularly in poorer areas.
Its report, as an example, found just over one-in-four physics lessons at secondary school level were being taught by staff with only as much as an A-level in the subject.

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