We were told that boys need “strong” role models to look up to, and it was linked to the post-Adolescence (Netflix) focus on misogyny. Less great. I shall say why later.
The imbalance in the workforce has been known for many years, and it looks like it is getting worse not better. It was reported only one in four teachers in our schools are men, falling to just one in seven in nursery and primary, with a mere one in 33 in early years (that’s 25%, 14%, and 3% respectively). What’s more, only 2% of school recruits since 2010 have been men. That means we are not seeing any signs of that imbalance being addressed any time soon.
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