6 June 2024By Hayley Clarke, BBC NewsBBC/Hayley ClarkeTyra Packer's anxiety has "completely disappeared" since she quit teachingThe number of empty teaching posts in England has more than doubled in the past three years, the latest official figures reveal.The number of teachers has risen - but so has the number leaving. And the number of vacancies per 1,000 teachers has risen from two to six.The government has missed its target for recruiting teacher
BBC/ Hazel ShearingOluwatosin says he takes early morning walks to a local park to relax before examsThis time next year, Oluwatosin, 17, will be taking his A-levels at Leeds Sixth Form College. And he knows that as that time approaches, he will have the same recurring nightmare.Oluwatosin finds himself in an exam hall, his maths paper in front of him, but he has confused his revision for statistics and mechanics
The government is offering a cash incentive of £600 to those who become childminders (or £1,200 for those joining via an agency). The Department for Education doesn't yet have figures for the numbers who have signed up, but says childcare staffing rose by 4% across 2023 as a whole, external. However, the number of childminders - those providing early years care in homes - has continued to decrease. It adds
[ad_1] It’s not often a mother follows in her daughter's footsteps, but for Maureen that’s exactly what happened.The 88-year-old made the move from her home in Leamington Spa to a retirement village near Rugby, Warwickshire, eight years after her daughter moved there. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Parents in the UK admire their children's teachers, but they are too busy to help with the homework Parents in the UK are much less likely to spend more than an hour per day helping with their children's homework compared with parents in other countries, a survey suggests.A survey of 27,830 parents in 29 countries found only 11% of UK parents spent an
[ad_1] Image copyright Getty Images "There can be so much disappointment and loneliness because we are encouraged to aspire and have ambitions - and then what happens when we fail?"Maybe exam results aren't good enough. The ideal you've been built up for - like being a footballer, being a doctor - doesn't happen."This 20-year-old woman, interviewed for a study on youth loneliness, captures the sense of pressure and isolation many
