{"id":166777,"date":"2022-09-26T17:40:56","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T16:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schoolsweek.co.uk\/?p=166777"},"modified":"2022-09-27T12:14:45","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T11:14:45","slug":"grim-news-secondary-teacher-recruits-fall-a-third-short","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schoolsweek.co.uk\/grim-news-secondary-teacher-recruits-fall-a-third-short\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Grim news&#8217;: Secondary teacher recruits fall a third short"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>School recruitment woes look set to worsen as new data suggests the government has missed its target for secondary teacher recruits this year by even more than forecast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of last Monday, 12,646 applicants to secondary initial teacher training (ITT) courses this year had been recruited, way off the 20,945 target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new figures, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apply-for-teacher-training.service.gov.uk\/publications\/monthly-statistics#by-secondary-subject\">published today<\/a>, do not include recruits from Teach First. But assuming the provider recruits the same proportion of trainees as last year, it means ministers would, at best, miss their target for secondary recruits by a third.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u2018Grim news\u2019 for schools<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>John Howson, chair at teacher vacancy site TeachVac, described the forecast as \u201cgrim news\u201d amid ongoing concerns over teacher recruitment and retention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added the secondary sector would now be dependent on more qualified teachers returning and less departing to prevent staff shortages in the coming months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am not sure that either of those conditions will be in place by the time schools start recruiting in January 2023 for September,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Monday, education unions said they were joining forces to flag concerns over teacher shortages at the ongoing Labour party conference. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the National Education Union, said: \u201cAfter years of successive governments and numerous education secretaries, conditions, pay and school funding have so deteriorated that it is now one that many graduates are choosing not to enter or those currently teaching are choosing to leave.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"fHm2aYhNF6isQVBUZCqSWk3bpLRIGJdwoutleMxE5Tv1OKz9P8A7cXn\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#39;s very hard to overstate how dreadfully bad these ITT application numbers are<br><br>&#8211; Primary is 8% lower than 2019, despite no bursary change in between \ud83d\ude2c<br>&#8211; Secondary is 23% lower than 2019 \ud83d\ude31 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ChYOgM9ldk\">pic.twitter.com\/ChYOgM9ldk<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jack Worth (@JackWorthNFER) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackWorthNFER\/status\/1574693520492871680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Secondary recruits this year are also nearly a quarter lower than in 2019. NFER Schools Workforce lead Jack Worth said it was &#8220;very hard to overstate how dreadfully bad these ITT application numbers are&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Gloomy outlook worsens<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The already gloomy outlook has worsened since August. A <em><a href=\"https:\/\/schoolsweek.co.uk\/dfe-target-for-new-trainee-teachers-could-be-missed-by-6k\/\">Schools Week<\/a><\/em> analysis of those actually recruited and awaiting outcomes suggested the target would be missed by a quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The increase appears to have been driven by more unsuccessful candidates being confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While there were 43,949 unsuccessful secondary ITT applicants as of 15 August, the figure had jumped to 47,602 as of last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Howson suggests the disparity between the two months could be down to a \u201ctidying up of unresolved applications by providers\u201d, particularly where staff were on holiday during the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Kevin Mattinson, a professor emeritus in teacher education, suggested the growth in unsuccessful applications could be down to later submissions which are \u201coften of poorer quality\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apply-for-teacher-training.service.gov.uk\/publications\/monthly-statistics#by-secondary-subject\">statistics<\/a> include applicants who applied through the government\u2019s \u2018Apply for teacher training\u2019 service, the main route for ITT courses in England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Teach First and applicants who have applied directly through their provider are not included in the data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Few candidates apply directly through their provider, but 1,294 new secondary trainee teachers were recruited through Teach First last year, making up 6 per cent of the overall secondary teacher target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If their recruits make up the same percentage this year, that would leave a shortfall of 7,042 secondary trainees (34 per cent of the target).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These include candidates with confirmed or conditional places, those who had received an offer but not responded and even those still awaiting decisions from providers &#8211; meaning the figures represent a best-case scenario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The figures also do not account for a reduction due to no-shows and not meeting conditions of entry &#8211; which could wipe off up to another five per cent of recruits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While data from the school workforce census later this year will confirm the overall figures, recruitment for this year\u2019s cohort \u2013 including <a href=\"https:\/\/schoolsweek.co.uk\/teach-first-pilots-autumn-training-as-recruitment-stalls\/\">Teach First\u2019s autumn institute<\/a> \u2013 has ended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the Department for Education\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk\/find-statistics\/postgraduate-initial-teacher-training-targets\/2022-23#releaseHeadlines-tables\">target<\/a> for new primary trainee teachers \u2013 11,655 \u2013 has been met.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Physic<\/strong>s worst hit <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/schoolsweek.co.uk\/dfe-scheme-to-lure-back-physics-teachers-recruits-just-23-in-two-years\/\">Physics <\/a>is still likely to take the biggest hit. Despite a target of 2,610, only 516 trainee physics teacher applicants had been recruited or given a conditional offer as of September 19. This is 80 per cent short of the government target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"651\" src=\"https:\/\/schoolsweek.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ITT-figures-table-sept-2022.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-166793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schoolsweek.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ITT-figures-table-sept-2022.jpg 800w, https:\/\/schoolsweek.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ITT-figures-table-sept-2022-670x545.jpg 670w, https:\/\/schoolsweek.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ITT-figures-table-sept-2022-768x625.jpg 768w, https:\/\/schoolsweek.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ITT-figures-table-sept-2022-640x521.jpg 640w, https:\/\/schoolsweek.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ITT-figures-table-sept-2022-244x199.jpg 244w, https:\/\/schoolsweek.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ITT-figures-table-sept-2022-347x282.jpg 347w, 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