Headteachers have warned that stemming the “disastrous” flood of teachers leaving the profession should be as much of a priority for Labour as its plan to recruit thousands of new ones.
New government data has revealed that for the first time last year nearly as many teachers left the profession in England as entered it. According to the school workforce census, 44,002 teachers joined in the year to November 2023, but 43,522 teachers left.
