5% pay rise needed to fix science teacher shortage
Report calls for early career pay supplement
Offering teachers with specialist science degrees additional incentives, such as higher salaries than their peers, could increase retention in the profession and improve the experience of science teachers, say two reports published last week. The reports, both sponsored by the Gatsby Foundation, note that money spent recruiting and training specialist science teachers may be poorly spent if sufficient funding is not then available to prevent science graduates from subsequently being tempted away by higher-paid jobs outside teaching.
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