According to the official Department for Education (DfE) figures, in the last academic year a huge 85% of the teachers working in primary schools and nurseries were female. In fact at the majority of schools with 9 or fewer full-time equivalent (FTE) members of the teaching...

A survey by TES Institute may have hinted at a solution to continued staffing problems in schools across England. The data they collected showed that three of ten teaching assistants possess a degree and would be interested in qualifying as teachers. If all of these TAs...

The Department for Education recently revealed it is planning to discontinue the bursaries for students training to be primary school teachers. From 2018 the £3,000 bursary that was offered to people with a first class degree or PhD who wanted to train to teach at primary...