'We're burnt out' - Why fewer teachers are working in West Midlands schools as thousands quit the classroom
Latest figures show there are fewer teachers working in school across the West Midlands as education chiefs struggle to retain staff levels.
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In the region fewer teachers are working at the region's schools despite the school workforce across the country increasing slightly, thousands of teachers have left the state school sector.
In the Black Country, only Sandwell is bucking the trend with more teachers despite a “retention crisis” across England. In Sandwell 3,390 teachers were working at the 125 state-funded schools as of November 2023. This was up from 3,367 the year before and a record-high number since comparable records began in 2010.
The school leaders’ union NAHT has called for the government to commit to urgent action to address the “recruitment and retention crisis facing our schools” as other Midlands areas struggle to retain staffing levels.
