School leaders have warned MPs of a shortage of new headteachers if their wellbeing and pay are not prioritised, as they complained they had been scapegoated for Government failures during the pandemic instead of praised for their work on the front line.
Diana Ohene-Darko, an assistant headteacher and acting deputy headteacher at two London primary schools, told Labour Conservative and Liberal Democrat MPs in a parliamentary briefing on Wednesday that instead of being “hailed as heroes”, teachers had been “unfairly criticised to hide Government failure”.
