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Schools in Scotland cutting subjects due to teacher shortage 'crisis'

Secondary schools are reducing timetables and cutting whole subjects from the curriculum due to a lack of specialist teachers, education leaders have told BBC Scotland News.

Nursery teachers to get £4,500 tax-free bonus if they take jobs in these 10 areas

Qualified nursery teachers will be offered a £4,500 tax-free bonus to take jobs in 10 areas of the country with the most acute staff shortages.

Extra in-service days promised by new Scottish education secretary

EIS teaching union sees more in-service days as crucial in helping teachers to adapt to the Curriculum Improvement Cycle.

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ECTs - Summer term five

05 June 2026

Congratulations, ECTs! For those of you who are ECT1, you are nearly halfway through. ECT2s, this is the beginning of your goodbye to the ECF, and soon you can call yourself a fully-fledged teacher!

The government is on track to meet its pledge to recruit and retain an additional 6,500 teachers after surpassing two thirds of its manifesto target with three years to go.

Labour ‘taking credit’ for teachers recruited before it won power

Labour has been accused of “taking credit” for teacher recruitment that occurred before it entered government, after claiming it has already met 70 per cent of its landmark target.

Health and safety ‘ticking time bomb’ faced by Scottish teachers

Levels of violence seen in schools in 2026 were unacceptable only a few years ago, say members of Scotland’s biggest teaching union.

DfE ‘hits 70% of 6,500 teachers target’, but overall workforce shrinks

Government says it has hit 70 per cent of their target to recruit 6,500 additional teachers, as official data shows the school workforce has shrunk for the first time since 2019.

But government claims progress towards its manifesto pledge to recruit 6,500 new teachers.

Number of teachers in England’s state schools drops for second year in row

The number of teachers working in England’s state schools has shrunk for the second year in a row, even as the government said it was meeting its promises to increase recruitment where needed.

Hey there Tappers! The final half term of 2025/26 academic year has begun!

NI teachers may strike over 'unsustainable' workload

Teachers in Northern Ireland are to vote on whether to take industrial action over what they say is their "unsustainable" workload.

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Weekly Round Up - 24/04/2026

24 April 2026

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Weekly Round Up - 17/04/2026

17 April 2026

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Schools in Scotland cutting subjects due to teacher shortage 'crisis'

Nursery teachers to get £4,500 tax-free bonus if they take jobs in these 10 areas

Extra in-service days promised by new Scottish education secretary

Weekly Round Up - 05/06/2026

ECTs - Summer term five

Government hits 70% of pledge, two years into this parliament

Labour ‘taking credit’ for teachers recruited before it won power

Health and safety ‘ticking time bomb’ faced by Scottish teachers

DfE ‘hits 70% of 6,500 teachers target’, but overall workforce shrinks

Teacher numbers fall by nearly 2,000

Number of teachers in England’s state schools drops for second year in row

More on TLRs, revision sessions PLUS optimism for the summer term

NI teachers may strike over 'unsustainable' workload

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