A non-ministerial department of the UK government warns that thousands of British teachers are being lured abroad with lucrative pay packages as the country’s schools grapple with a recruitment crisis.
Head of the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted) Sir Michael Wilshaw said elite public schools have been opening up branches abroad, leading to a boom in international schools.
According to Wilshaw, more people left the UK (18,000) to teach than trained (17,000) on English post-graduate routes.
His statements come after the government missed its teacher trainee recruitment targets for the past four years. This has led to shortages of teachers in most subject areas, and many schools are finding it hard to recruit staff, the state-funded BBC said.