Schools face heads recruitment crisis
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Schools are finding it increasingly difficult to recruit head teachers, according to a report by the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) and the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT).
The union's annual survey on school leadership recruitment found a third of primary and special school head teacher jobs were unfilled after one round of advertising. A third of schools that re-advertised posts were still unable to recruit and had to re-advertise again or make other arrangements, with special schools finding it harder than primary schools to appoint after several adverts.
More than a fifth of secondary school head teacher jobs were also left empty after an initial advert, and one in four of those that re-advertised were unable to appoint.
In previous years the survey found London schools struggled most to recruit head teachers, but this year schools throughout England had trouble finding leaders.
The survey also found younger women and ethnic minorities were under represented at leadership level.
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