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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Kelly-Ann Mills

School staff quit for better paid jobs in supermarkets as cost of living crisis bites

Support staff in schools are leaving their jobs and opting for better paid work in supermarkets, an investigation has revealed.

Headteachers are struggling to recruit and then retain staff with some having no interviewees for roles as candidates work out they can earn more stocking shelves.

Education experts say the combination of low wages and the higher cost of living is forcing people out of schools.

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