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5,000 teachers drop out of school as crisis escalates
TEACHER numbers have fallen by over 5,000 — the first drop in six years, official figures released yesterday show.
The Department for Education stats show that the number of full-time equivalent teachers in England’s state schools was 451,900 in November, down from 457,200 the year before.
Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner said the “appalling” drop was a result of the Tory government’s “failure to give hard-working teachers the support they need.”
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