Teach First CEO, Russell Hobby, said: "For too long conditions in the teaching profession have failed to keep pace with what the next generation of workers crave – and what they can find in other sectors. This means Gen Z are simply not signing up in sufficient numbers - holding back the education of young people, especially from poorer backgrounds."
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00:00We do face this real crisis, but more importantly that we keep them there.
00:03I think the best recruitment strategy is a really strong retention strategy. So we'll introduce
00:09new payments for early career teachers when they complete their training.
00:12We'll reform the very complicated landscape that exists at the moment with some of those wider payments.
00:17But also Labour will insist that all new teachers coming into teaching will have to have qualified teacher status or be working towards it.
00:24For me, this is about sending a really important signal that we value and respect the work of our teachers,
00:29we know it's an incredibly skilled job.
00:31Before the summer's general election, the then Shadow Minister for Education laid out her party's plans for recruiting teachers and keeping them.
00:39Plans to apply business rates to private schools and closing non-DOM tax loopholes were promised in order to reallocate these funds towards the cause.
00:48Labour's manifesto included plans for £450 million to be spent on recruiting new teachers and £270 million for increasing training for existing staff.
00:58But to understand where support needs to go, we must first understand why so many teachers are leaving the profession and new recruits aren't coming forward.
01:07Philipson listed workload, Ofsted and mental health support as key areas of focus that school leaders have raised with her.
01:14In one of these areas in particular, we've already seen big change.
01:18Well, I've heard from a number of members this morning by social media and also a few text messages.
01:22And I think there's a sense that we are really pleased that the government's started to listen to the profession because it's been an overwhelming call to stop this overarching judgment of using one word to describe the work of a school.
01:36Earlier this year, it was announced Ofsted in England will no longer use one word judgments to rate the success of schools, a move widely praised by the industry.
01:44There's still lots more to go, but we need to make sure that we take that fear away from inspection, which is found not just amongst headteachers, but across all school staff.
01:53So this is definitely a good start and a step in the right direction and a good signal of intent from the current government.