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This edition of Education Matters takes the time and space to consider these issues in depth. Yasmin Maskatiya offers her thoughts on the NFER annual teacher labour market and Derry Richardson considers the future of initial teacher training.
In the interest of providing a balanced reflection, this edition also celebrates successes and opportunities in the areas of recruitment and apprenticeships. The Teaching School Hub share their professional development offer for teachers at all stages in their careers, and HR offer various updates on upcoming recruitment fairs and their recruitment campaign for school support staff.
Lastly, I would highly recommend that you take the time to read the School's Voice interview with Woodlands Meed celebrating their experience of school staff apprenticeships. I hope that you will find it useful in considering ways to develop and retain staff in your settings.
Best wishes
Paul Wagstaff, Assistant Director for Education & Skills
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Leadership 360
The School Effectiveness Team are delighted to be able to share with you Leadership 360: a monthly publication bringing you think pieces, commentary and research articles. This month's edition focuses on teacher recruitment, apprenticeships and early careers teachers (ECTs).
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Teaching School Hubs: supporting effective teacher development pathways
The West Sussex Teaching School Hub aim to deliver high quality-professional development to teachers at all stages of their careers.
Please see this useful infographic illustrating what opportunities are available to teachers at all points of the professional development pathway.
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Yasmin Maskatiya on the Teacher Labour Market in England Annual Report 2023
The National Foundation for Education Research's (NFER) fifth annual Teacher Labour Market report highlights how the teacher recruitment and retention challenge in England has intensified since the pandemic. Key findings focus on initial teacher training, pay, teacher workload and flexible working.
In this article, Yasmin Maskatiya (Head of Standards & Effectiveness) reflects on this report and what needs to change.
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The future of initial teacher training
In this article Derry Richardson, Head of Education Communications and Enterprise, considers the current status of Initial Teacher Training (ITT) in West Sussex and draws a clear picture of what is available from the West Sussex Teaching School Hub.
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School's Voice - Woodlands Meed on staff apprenticeships
Apprenticeships are an excellent way for maintained schools to access free funding for a range of roles that are often hard to find training for.
Adam Rowland, headteacher at Woodlands Meed, shares his positive experiences of facilitating and supporting school staff apprenticeships.
For more information regarding apprenticeships for schools, please email your new contact, Emma Morris, via emma.morris@westsussex.gov.uk.
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HR recruitment support
Campaign page for support staff recruitment
Our support staff campaign page is now LIVE!
As well as the link above, there is also a footer which schools can use on their emails, job adverts and websites to aid recruitment (see below).
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 The page on the main WSCC website will direct traffic back to the school job adverts page. The campaign page will provide generic information on working in schools and associated benefits; its focus is around support staff as requested by school representatives.
We are also in the process of making developments to the supporting guidance on WSSfS. We will update you when we are ready to relaunch this content. Please note that all current information is still available for you to access.
Recruitment Fair 18 July 2023 15:00-19:00
Following our successful recruitment fair earlier this term, a further event will be held at Field Place, Worthing on 18 July 2023. Our last event was attended by delegates from a variety of localities along the coast, covering Chichester, Angmering, Littlehampton, Barnham, Worthing and surrounding areas.
If anyone from schools is willing to come along and support the July event, they are very welcome. To express your interest, please contact jenny.gumbrell@westsussex.gov.uk for more information.
In September, we anticipate that there will be another recruitment fair opportunity, likely in a different part of the county. Details will be shared once a venue has been secured.
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How to create perfect teacher job advert
Please see this useful tool from the DfE on how to write the perfect job advert for teachers.
How to create the perfect teacher job advert - Teaching Vacancies - GOV.UK (teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk)
Feedback
To provide feedback on the content of Education Matters or to find out more about
any of the included topics, please email educationmatters@westsussex.gov.uk.
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