The UK education Party announced last week that the overall cost to the education sector of its supply teachers has jumped £ 300 million in recent years to £ ##500 , with the Shadow education secretary citing the increased cost on uk ’s growing ‘ recruitment crisis ’ and failure to recruit enough trainee teachers . Furthermore , data showed that the average ( free ) British secondary school has seen its supply teacher spend jump 40 % in just 12 months .
The UK Labour Party announced last week that the overall cost to the schools sector of employing supply teachers has jumped £300 million in two years to £1.3bn, with the Shadow education secretary blaming the increased cost on Britain’s growing ‘recruitment crisis’ and failure to recruit enough trainee teachers. Furthermore, data showed that the average (free) British secondary school has seen its supply teacher spend jump 42% in just 12 months.