Laura of TeachTapp and and Freddie Whittaker have written an article in SchoolsWeek about teacher vacancies that confirms what TeachVac has been saying on Linkedin. http://www.teachvac.co.uk
Having crunched some numbers, the team at TeachVac have noted a bigger fall in primary teacher jobs than in the secondary sector. However, both sectors, and especially the secondary sector, had a very strong first couple of months of 2020.
| Recorded Vacancies for Teachers by TeachVac | |||
| All | |||
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
| January | 5492 | 6386 | 8216 |
| February | 5056 | 5791 | 8421 |
| March | 7159 | 9029 | 9302 |
| subtotal | 17707 | 21206 | 25939 |
| April | 1799 | 4233 | 1793 |
| Total | 19506 | 25439 | 27732 |
| Primary | |||
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
| January | 1910 | 1568 | 1719 |
| February | 2046 | 1617 | 2103 |
| March | 2944 | 2844 | 2491 |
| subtotal | 6900 | 6029 | 6313 |
| April | 819 | 1423 | 419 |
| Total | 7719 | 7452 | 6732 |
| Secondary | |||
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
| January | 3582 | 4818 | 6497 |
| February | 3010 | 4174 | 6318 |
| March | 4215 | 6185 | 6811 |
| subtotal | 10807 | 15177 | 19626 |
| April | 980 | 2810 | 1374 |
| Total | 11787 | 17987 | 21000 |
Contact me if you want details of secondary subjects.
John Howson 