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Call for family-friendly measures after 9,000 women in their thirties left teaching in 2022/23
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TEACHING must become more family-friendly, unions and campaigners said today, as figures showed more than 9,000 women in their thirties left the profession in England in 2022/23.
The cohort alone dwarfs Labour’s target for 6,500 new teachers per year, with the National Education Union (NEU) warning many new mothers and pregnant teachers are having to fight for their most basic rights at work.
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