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£1.5million investment for mental health support, new guidance for schools to prevent bullying of staff and steps to ease teacher workload have been announced.

• Updated: 15 January 2024

Nearly 48,000 full time equivalent teachers joined English schools in the 2022 to 2023 academic year, with 2,800 more teachers now in classrooms than last year.

• Updated: 8 June 2023

New trainee teachers can get bursaries of up to £24,000 and existing teachers in all state schools can access free courses to develop their skills.

• Updated: 12 October 2021

News and information for schools and initial teacher training (ITT) providers running teacher training programmes.

• Updated: 11 October 2019

A headteacher has implemented job shares successfully at her primary school in Brockley.

• Updated: 11 October 2019

Two co-headteachers have developed a successful job share partnership at their primary school in Guildford.

• Updated: 11 October 2019

A maths teacher and his school have made flexible working a success at a secondary school in Croydon.

• Updated: 11 October 2019

The government announces a new approach to assessing the numeracy and literacy of prospective teachers.

• Updated: 16 July 2019

New scheme will mean early career maths and physics teachers in the North East, Yorkshire & the Humber and all Opportunity Areas can get an additional £2,000.

• Updated: 23 May 2019

Education Secretary Damian Hinds sets out measures to support talented teachers, recruit more and reduce workload

• Updated: 28 January 2019

Education Secretary launches online tool for headteachers to avoid high supply agency fees

• Updated: 15 January 2019

Education Secretary Damian Hinds underlines his support in tackling teacher workload by making data collection simpler

• Updated: 5 November 2018

Eighty new expert teachers to be recruited from industry into further education through the £5 million Taking Teaching Further programme.

• Updated: 12 October 2018

As pupils return to school, a survey has revealed that 9 out of 10 new teachers are positive about how well their training has prepared them for the classroom.

• Updated: 5 September 2018

Education Secretary launches crackdown on “excessive” teacher recruitment costs.

• Updated: 3 June 2018

Measures to give teachers the support they need to teach pupils skills such as coding, computer programming and cyber security announced today

• Updated: 6 May 2018

Department for Education to test approaches to support teachers returning to work in schools in the West Midlands and South East of England.

• Updated: 14 March 2018

The Education Secretary pledges to tackle workload together with Ofsted and school leaders.

• Updated: 10 March 2018

New government bursary of £40,000 available from September 2018 for ex-service personnel to retrain as teachers

• Updated: 6 March 2018

Changes to professional skills tests will make sure the best and brightest can pursue a career in teaching.

• Updated: 22 February 2018