huge shortfall in teachers forces schools to look overseas for new recruits /

Figures indicate a record 50000 teachers left the profession in a year,even though pupil numbers continue to growSchools are having to conduct mass recruitment rounds abroad as recent figures indicate a record 50000 teachers have left the profession in a year.
An exodus from schools, along with a shortfall in applicants for teacher training, and has left heads unable to fill key positions. They are instead being forced to scour the globe,with academy trusts recruiting up to 50 teachers in single whistlestop visits to Jamaica and elsewhere.
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Source: theguardian.com