Teachers are more than £5,000 a year worse off on average in real terms than in 2010 – according to analysis of official data showing the effect of years of pay restraint on the profession. In 2010, the mean wage paid to teachers in state-funded schools was £34,800. “If you carry on paying a maximum 1% rise [to teachers], and everyone else is getting more than 1%, eventually it will have an effect on people’s willingness to become teachers or remain teachers in high-cost areas,” he said. Pay, along with terms of service and morale, was one of the crucial things affecting teacher recruitment. “This July’s report from the School Teachers’ Review Body confirms that London has the highest numbers of schools reporting teacher vacancies.

Source: The Guardian September 02, 2017 13:32 UTC