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Teacher numbers at crisis point – pay gap hits record level
RECRUITMENT and retention in the teaching profession is at crisis point and could get even worse due to the widening pay gap with other professions, teaching union Nasuwt claimed yesterday.
A shortage of teachers is impacting on “the entitlement of children to a high-quality education,” the union warned.
A report commissioned by the union, carried out by Incomes Data Research (IDR) on teacher salaries at different career points concludes that members of the profession have not had significant real-terms pay increases since before the recession.
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